Customer Ratings & Reviews

Pros - Stunning display, plenty of power, keyboard is easy to type on, decent battery, lightweight Cons - speakers are comically bad, number pad is configured strange, doesn't feel too premium So far so good! I'm coming from a 2018 i5 FHD laptop so the i7 speed and 3k display are a huge upgrade. The laptop shell doesn't feel the most high end, but the specs make up for it. Note that when streaming in full screen, I had flickering on the screen and had to return my purchase - BestBuy made it very easy. Overall, at the sale price, the specs are super strong and it punches above its weight.

The brand new Acer Swift 16 is $350 off right now at Best Buy, only $850 - not a gaming laptop, only has integrated graphics, but the integrated graphics are good for light gaming. Very thin and light. Has Lunar Lake 256V which has exceptional battery life, like near Macbook levels, great single core speed, slow multi core speed, very good iGPU, and runs super cool and quiet. 2880x1600 (3:2) 120 Hz OLED, gorgeous screen, good touchpad, fantastic keyboard and a numpad which I like, for data stuff Fingerprint reader on power button is super fast and accurate Speakers are literally god awful, like laughably bad. Worse than phone speakers. Back left side: 2x Thunderbolt 4 USB C, 1 USB A, full size HDMI Back right side: 1x USB A, combo mic/headphone jack Only other annoyance besides the terrible speakers is the fact that both USB C ports (used for charging) are on the same side. I like being able to charge from both sides But overall, for $850 this, in my mind, is a truly insane deal for lightweight programming/simple gaming/general use (really anything that isn't going to use a lot of multicore CPU), so long as you don't use the speakers very often. If it was full price, at $1200, I would probably be looking elsewhere simply because you can get something that matches this everywhere, but with better speakers. But at $850, just insane value.

I recently purchased this laptop and it was a great choice. Fast performance, exceptional battery life, and a sleek, lightweight design. The display is gorgeous as well.

Acer Swift 16 Review: Perfect for Streaming and AI Tasks I've been using the Acer Swift 16 for streaming and AI work, and I’m really impressed! The performance is top-notch, thanks to the Intel Core i7 processor and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 graphics. With 16GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD, multitasking is a breeze, whether I'm editing videos or running streaming software. The 16-inch WQXGA display offers stunning visuals with vibrant colors and bright details, making my streaming experience enjoyable. The built-in speakers are clear and enhance the audio quality, which is a big plus. This laptop is also lightweight and sleek, making it easy to take on the go. Compared to previous models and rival laptops like the Dell XPS 15 and MacBook Pro, the Swift 16 stands out for its performance and value. Overall, the Acer Swift 16 is a fantastic choice for anyone looking for a powerful laptop for streaming and AI applications. Highly recommended!

Switched from a Mac never going back! This laptop has is all, the touchscreen (which TBH I did NOT want on my laptop at first) has been really useful. The side number panel, screen lays flat, its great. The battery life lasts a while, it doesn't get too hot when using, and I like how lightweight it is.

Before you read further down, let me be perfectly clear that the review title is not going to be misleading. If you are looking to use this laptop for gaming, please go find a different item selection immediately. The TL;DR if you don't want to read everything below this: This laptop is NOT MEANT FOR GAMING, it is meant for usage in a Professional, Educational, or home environment for work or school related tasks. You can definitely try to game, but do not expect a good experience. My experiences with it so far on the initial are good, but there was one small complaint with the amount of bloatware loaded on, but you as a consumer can easily remove it using the built-in uninstaller in the windows settings, or use a management app. There are reviews saying that X game doesn't work, or it keeps freezing, which is because this is not what this laptop is meant for. This laptop is an absolutely amazing choice if it's used correctly. With the Intel Core Ultra 7 Evo Edition chip, this laptop is meant for what Intel likes to call "Go-getters," otherwise known as people who take their laptop with them everywhere they go in a professional or educational environment. This laptop is primarily not meant for simple home usage but will still run absolutely perfect for that. I use this laptop for school, and in a major of cybersecurity, is perfect for what I need to use it for, which includes coding in Python, running cybersecurity LAB's, and simulating networks using Cisco Packet Tracer. **THE INTERNALS** CPU: This laptop uses the Series 2 chip of the Core Ultra lineup, which compared to its' predecessor, is the most power efficient chip there is for a modern laptop. The NPU performance is over 4 times higher, reaching up to 47 TOPS making this an actual Copilot+ laptop. Secondly, the Core Ultra series 2 is also one of the first CPU's to be certified as a Copilot+ laptop that is on the x86 architecture. The iGPU in this chip is once again part of the Intel Arc series, which comparing to last generation's CPU, is 2 times better in terms of graphical performance advertised by Intel. RAM: The RAM is perfect for this model, Acer substituted size for speeds, and it shows if you dive into the specs of the laptop. When I used CPU-Z to see the internals, the RAM speed was over 7500MHz, manufactured by Samsung. However, the RAM is not upgradable in the traditional way as it's soldered onto the board in 8 chips with 2GB per chip. Make sure you only need the 16GB before you buy this laptop or consider using a program like Intelligent Standby List Cleaner (ISLC) to help keep RAM freed up for your foreground applications. Storage: Perfect choice by Acer on storage, no complaints here. They went with a Western Digital SSD for the advertised 1TB of storage. **THE DISPLAY** The display on this laptop is absolutely beautiful, truly showing that OLED picture and clarity. The display is also HDR compatible, with a maximum rated brightness of 350 nits. HDR **WILL NOT** be enabled by default, so if you want to take advantage of that HDR coloring, you will need to enable it in the settings after initial setup of the computer. However, as since it is an OLED display it does have its main drawback, glare. The screen will look absolutely horrifying in bright environments, as it doesn't have that anti-glare screens that an LCD or LED screen would. Initial setup: Very straightforward, make sure you install all updates before trying to install any other applications, because there will be a lot. I recommend to all consumers buying this laptop to first go to a website called Ninite, it is an extremely useful tool that you can use to download multiple apps at once without having to search for them individually, including Chrome, Discord, Python, CCleaner, Revo Uninstaller (You will definitely need this one), Dropbox, Google drive, Etc. BEFORE YOU START GOING HAM, CLEAN UP THE UNNECISSARY APPS PRELOADED ONTO THE LAPTOP. I really do not understand why, but Acer preloaded the laptop with several apps including over 15 of their own for QoL of the laptop, but they also preinstalled McAfee and Express VPN, which are known to be absolutely annoying. The preinstalled M365 app and outlook is a nice touch as a student however, good job on that one.

Absolutely love it. The display is crisp and clear. The laptop is quick and amazingly noiseless. It's lightweight and also comes with a padded case. The AI is cute but does not make much of a difference when being used. Would definitely recommend if looking for a laptop that's above the basic budget laptops but does not cost as much as a gaming. I think I'll definitely get some good years using it.

The laptop has an amazing screen, I'm loving the OLED 120hz touchscreen, minimal wobble on the 180degree. The software is responsive, preinstalled bloatware is minimal and battery life is great. I love the premium feel of the laptop too. There are just a few noteworthy things that missed the mark from 5 stars... - The speakers might as well not be there. 2 downward facing speakers that sound muffled and low volume. The louder you turn them up, the more muffled and distorted they sound. -They keyboard includes a numpad, which i prefer. The downside is the layout they chose. It feels like an afterthought that was crammed onto the laptop. Just small and cramped enough to not be comfortably effective, but its there so they can claim its included. -The backlit keyboard. Its included, but at this price point i expect it. There is a few different brightness levels, though the difference isnt noticeable and even at the brightest level, not very effective. -The Webcam. It's supposed to be a great 1440p webcam but i'm not impressed at all. Overall, this is a strong 4.5 stars with a few things that are holding it back. Would i buy it again? Maybe...I wouldn't pay the full $1200. Depending on current sales from Acer and the competitors I would think carefully about my choices, but if the price is right and you need a quality laptop you cant go wrong with this one.

I bought this for starting my bachelors, and I love it! Im on publoc transport, and the light weight of this laptop makes it comfortable to carry in my backpack. The battery life last about 2 days straight with normal 8-10 hour use per day. It even runs some minor games for those boring lunches or just free time. Screen is bright and crisp, and the touch really helps me personally for zooming in and following instead of using the mouse.

My laptop had seen its better days and I also knew it would not be long my desktop would being ending its usefulness. My salesman at Best Buy was very patient with all my questions and he recommended the Acer - Swift 16. I have this set up in my bedroom and it is perfect. The laptops these days are not as robust in their size (thinner cases) and it concerns me they may be more fragile than the older models. I will not be traveling very much with my laptop, so I felt safe with this model. The colors are vivid, keyboard responsive and I also like the option of the number pad on the right. I did purchase a mouse and I am set! This unit holds its charge for quite a while. I was on the laptop most of the day and evening and I am still well over halfway charged.

Pros ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Screen is vibrant, clear, and responsive. It does ship with only 60hz as the base refresh rate, so be sure to change that to 120hz in the display settings when setting up for the first time. I found HDR to not look quite as accurate as non-HDR so I left that off, but your milage may vary. I may just need to calibrate at some point. Others were complaining about the brightness not being high enough, but I almost never use the laptop outside and I have found it to be plenty bright in every environment I've used it in so far. I usually use it around 1/3 of the brightness. - Integrated graphics with Intel Arc is perfect for light gaming. I've been able to play most of my casual games here and there with no issues. I always game while plugged in, so I'm not concerned with gaming battery life. - Keyboard feels pretty good overall, considering its a thin laptop. Unfortunately, they decided to cram a number pad on the right, which is almost unusable because of how narrow the keys are. I would rather have had a centered keyboard and trackpad without the number pad. Cons ----------------------------------------------------------------------- - Battery life is great, once you disable all the Acer Sense software and AI suite of apps that run in the background. Out of the box, I was only seeing about 5 hours battery life. After disabling Acer UserSense and various other pre-installed apps, I shot up to around 9 hours total. Those features may be nice, but not at that cost. These should come installed, but off or disabled and only turn them on if you prefer. - Mousepad has some glitches with multi-point touches. Usually, scrolling with two fingers will periodically press on the screen by accident. Using the gestures is always a challenge. This happens far too often for this price point of a laptop. I have resulted to just using a mouse most of the time as it has gotten quite annoying. - Gaming for short periods of time get the lapto quite hot, specifically right above the keyboard. Its not that much of an issue, as it it a thin laptop with a cooling solution to match, but just wanted to give the disclaimer that it gets toasty. Luckily, the hinge design allows the laptop base to lift off the desk surface, increasing the available airflow for the fans. - BIGGEST CON - Speakers. These speakers are absolutely not usable. Very cheap, tinny sounding speakers with no rich sound at all. After playing around with the DTS:X Ultra app, maxing out the bass and turning the trebble half way up, made them slightly less ear periceingly terrible. I cannot beleive at this price that that was the thing that was cheaped out on and overlooked. Previous reviews stated this when I was researching if this was the laptop I wanted to go with, but I didn't think they could be this bad. I came from a 2020 HP Envy X360 with a Bang & Olufson and that sounded so much better than this laptop. I really wish this was something they put more thought into. Just over one month of use and overall, this is a great laptop. Performance is there, battery gets me through the day, gaming is capable, and the OLED screen is absolutely beautiful. I can't speak to the CoPilot or AI capabilities as I have no current use for them in any of my tasks, but they are there for people who do use or need them. I got it on sale for $849, and at that price, I would absolutely reccomend this to friends or family. At the normal sale price, it may be a different conversation.

I was impressed with the performance of this laptop. I use it for my work. Emails, and web browsing, using business tools online. I cannot complaint. Its light weight, I have not felt that the computer heats up. The only think I dont like, but really I dont mind because I use it for work, is that the speakers sounds quality is not great. Other than that, Im super happy with this computer!

This is a great laptop for the money! It's reasonably fast, lightweight, displays rich colors with a very bright screen. The sound could be better but it's acceptable. You couldn't ask for more at this price point.

This notebook has been amazing so far. It’s super fast, boots up in seconds, and handles all my tasks smoothly — from work to streaming. The design is sleek and lightweight, making it perfect for travel. Battery life is impressive, and the screen quality is crisp and vibrant. Definitely one of the best laptops I’ve owned.

We tried to look at many laptops with 16 inch and OLED, Touch, and only with numeric keys: not so many! Most of them were overpriced and only 1 Gen Intel Ultra 7 CPU. So Samsung, Asus were present very poorly and Acer were the only choice. There is still doubts about sturdiness for display and surviving this thin laptop in next years. We'll see. After 1 week of usage: got some more extra discount - better value. PLUSES: OLED screen, Updated ARC external Intel video card, AI CPU, Last Intel. Speedy NVMe WD disk. Acer software is not really bad - we wish there were more OLED care settings. Who know how fast this screen burns here. Thunderbolt 4 with charging with any good GAN charger. Webcam 2k is ok. Main thing here- Windows Hello supported - so Face Unlock is great! Finger unlock is good too. Battery keeps long - 3-4 days with browsing, especially if you setup it right. Fast Intel Ultra 256V - 35W. Good stylish thin laptop body. Windows 11 is good as usual. Nobody said - here is included DTS X codec with W11. So surround sound in stereo phones is DTS -> INCLUDED! CONS: Terrible sound from speakers. But still this DTS program codec helps to make it sounds with bass etc. (on maximum) more or less. Bad Backlit in Keyboard: ohhh - so dull dim absent light on max... how come Acer? In 2024?

This laptop is remarkable. The new Core Ultra 7 Series 2 w/ ARC is night and day to the Series 1. This thing can run in performance mode for hours and remains cool to the touch. Also the ARC iGPU is now 150% faster! While not a hardcore gamer, this laptop is perfect for day-to-day productivity. No fan noise, no heat, fast, long battery life, what's not to love. Say so long to my cooling pad! I've heard some people complain about the speakers. They are fine and very loud. If you're an audiophile, put on the headphones but if you just want to watch a movie online, these are great. And the screen? What can I say - amoled bliss and so bright it almost hurts your eyes. All this for $849 on sale, are you kidding me? Run don't walk to buy this!

This was a great replacement for my old Acer Ultrabook. It has a beautiful touchscreen and long battery life but is still light enough to easily carry around. It has the second-generation Intel Core 7 processor which is a big step up from the first-gen processors included in many PCs, so all of the new Copilot+ and AI features are available.

Shipped in a timely manner and works perfectly. I got it as a gift for my mother and she loves it, she needed something high powered with lots of space for work and this is perfect. Light and easy to carry/store.

Fast speed, lots of options. The battery life is amazing. The screen quality is great! Highly recommended

I like really great graphics. I am not a gamer, so cannot speak to that. This laptop does everything I need. I am very particular about graphics and this exceeds my expectations. It is light weight.