Customer Ratings & Reviews

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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!

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.

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

Purchase to replace our desk top that was too old to upgrade to latest operating system. We’re still getting used to the changes but so far very satisfied with the purchase. Easy to setup, good screen size and fast enough operating system. Recommend purchase.

Purchased about a month ago. I mainly bought it to edit photos and because of the 3K OLED screen. Colors are amazing. Photos print out beautifully. The touch screen is a +. Keyboard is smooth easy touch. The keys on the number pad aren't a problem as I have small hands. I love how light weightit is and asy to take with. I'm very happy with this laptop it!

Oled screen produces a sharp colorful image with great contrast, Great to watch movies or videos. CPU is strong enough for most general purposes, video editing and running virtual machines. Great buy for a student if you can get it on sale.

Purchased two of the laptops. Had the contents moved from the old to new devices. The speed increase is very good. The screen color and clarity is incredible.

The screen is excellent! The battery is excellent. The only thing that I noticed is that there is sometimes a lag from when I click on a link or type to actual execution.

I liked everything about this laptop, having been a Geek Squad tech for 20 years before, Acer was one for he cheapest brands and quality before. But this new Swift line up impressed me, the aluminum chassis felt nice but the 16" weighed as light as most 14". The OLED screen was absolutely gorgeous. Ultimately for me this laptop didn't work out since I do a lot of virtualization and need 32gb ram at minimum and this Acer has only 16gb option and not upgradable due to the new Lunar Lake CPU architecture.

This laptop feels really premium to use. I love the low power draw and thus less heat. The numpad is unfortunate waste of space as others have noted, but the keyboard is alright for a laptop. Trackpad is nice. The screen is amazing to look at. Really clear and awesome color. Easier to run games play just fine. Even some demanding ones can run sort of ok on lowest settings. General use of the laptop feels quite snappy. Other laptops have felt sluggish to me just launching a web browser or using the OS itself. This one somehow is quick.

Best value for money. Excellent display. Lightweight, great performance.

The Acer Swift 16 AI is a powerful and sleek laptop with a stunning 3K OLED touch display. Featuring the Intel Core Ultra 7 and 16GB RAM, it delivers fast performance for multitasking and creative work. The 1TB SSD offers ample storage. Lightweight and premium—perfect for productivity and entertainment.

I’ve been using this for a month or so and am very happy with its performance. It loads fast and gets the job done.