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.

The 3K OLED touch display on this Acer Swift 16 is absolutely stunning; the colors are incredibly vibrant and the blacks are deep, making it perfect for both work and streaming. It handles multitasking effortlessly thanks to the Intel AI integration, and the Copilot+ features have actually been quite useful for speeding up my daily workflow. It’s surprisingly lightweight for a 16-inch laptop, and the build quality feels premium. If you want a future-proof machine with a gorgeous screen, this is a great choice.

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!

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 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.

I love this Acer laptop. The Core Ultra 7 processor with 16 GB RAM and a 1TB SSD Memory allows fast and efficient work. Love the backlit keyboard and the OLED screen is beautiful! The laptop is lightweight and not heavy duty. Will need to be careful when carrying it with you.

Great laptop besides the speakers, which are shockingly bad. The display is fantastic, though it is glossy so it reflects light sources easily. The keyboard has a good tactile feel to it. I wish the touchpad was larger but it's smooth and responsive. There's some kind of matte, ant-fingerprint coating on the metal chassis that feels really nice to the touch and hides smudges. It's also got all the document navigation keys like home, pg up, etc, which was important for me as I do a lot of writing. The battery life is good. Nothing out of this world but considering this thing's got a 3k 120hz OLED panel it's not bad. The Acer software it ships with is pretty bad. There's a ton of bloatware. This is a good laptop if you can snag it for under $800

I love this computer! The color is black and very sleek. When I open the laptop the air can flow through easily as it raises up slightly. The 10-key was/is a must for me. It stays charged for days. The computer is very fast and the colors are very vibrant. I am super happy with my laptop and my kids are jealous.

as other reviewers mentioned, the awkwardly narrow keypad and terrible (emphasis: TERRIBLE) audio are the drawbacks. otherwise, it runs smoothly, stays relatively cool, has decent battery life (nowhere as advertised though!), and the screen is beautiful

I recently tried the Acer Swift 16 AI 16.3" 3K OLED Touch Laptop, and overall it delivers impressive value. The 3K OLED display is outstanding in sharpness and color, and the included protective sleeve is a welcome bonus. Despite being a 16-inch laptop, it feels reasonably light, and the build quality is solid and premium. The port selection is also generous, making it easy to connect multiple devices. Considering its features and performance, the price-to-product ratio is excellent. On the downside, the screen is quite reflective in bright environments — not enough to be a dealbreaker, but noticeable. The trackpad’s clickable “button” area feels small, which can be slightly inconvenient. And the included power cable is shorter than ideal. Overall, a strong, well-built laptop with superb visuals and great value, with only a few minor usability quirks.

This laptop exceeded my expectations. The OLED display is absolutely gorgeous with sharp details and vibrant colors. Performance is fast and responsive, even with multiple applications running. Battery life is also impressive. Definitely worth the investment.

Nice laptop. Things I like: Fast Cool Quiet Nice screen (Big, nice resolution, rick colors) Decent battery life Excellent in games (Considering integrated GPU) Comes with a headphone jack (lots of laptops don't have them anymore) The NPU is a nice option, it's not very powerful, but it is ultra efficient and can offload tasks from the CPU, though there aren't a ton of things that take advantage of it yet. The bad: Speakers SUCK. I mean, they are terrible (whatever you're thinking, it's worse) and it's why I took off a star. Thankfully, blutooth and headphones are an option. Minor nit-pics They should have put a USB-C port in the right side. Laptops should come with magnetic power plugs (get one aftermarket on Amazon). My power cord died the first week. Probably a fluke. Cant upgrade the memory (it's integrated into the CPU. Makes it fast, but cant be upgraded. Some type of built in card reader would have been nice. Overall I really like it and the deep discount I got thanks to Christmas sales helped a lot.

Both myself & my girlfriend bought one & both computers the operating system failed before i could extract the encryption key making all attempts at restoring stock operating system useless. I reformated & installed a clean verion of the operating system without any acer software to start. I extracted the encryption key & immediately decrypted the boot drive as soon as I could get into the operating system. I then installed most of the acer software & the computer has been great every since. I really enjoy the OLED monitor but it needed recalibration which i did. Colors appeared slightly oversaturated especially in anything that used red. Skin tones were quite unnatural before calibration. Speakers on this laptop really suck big time, but the laptop works great with my external DAC/AMPS which I use to drive my headphones and my other computer sound system in which I built the subwoofer that has some very special capabilities for considering its size which is quite small (10-inch). Once I reinstalled the operating system it has been extremely reliable.

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!

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?

Granted, I don't use my computer for business, but for my needs, this Acer has so much more than I anticipated. I especially like that the battery lasts a very long time, and the color when watching videos or movies is outstanding. It is a little larger than I was looking for, but not so much that it is annoying to carry with me. A little added bonus was that it included a nice padded cover/bag to protect it when traveling.

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.

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.

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.

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.