The webcam centered above the screen doesn't offer IR face recognition and lacks a sliding privacy shutter or kill switch, though its 2,560-by-1,440-pixel resolution creates sharp images. Security features include a Noble Wedge lock slot on the right edge and a Windows Hello fingerprint reader built into the power button. Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.2 handle wireless connections. The AC adapter plugs into either USB4 port. To the right, you'll find a microSD card reader, an audio jack, and another USB-A 3.2 port. On its left flank are a pair of Type-C USB4 ports, an HDMI 2.1 monitor port, and a 5Gbps USB 3.2 Type-A port. The Swift Edge 16 isn't one of those ultraportables (looking at you, Dell and Apple) that restricts you to only USB-C ports. Using the Acer Swift Edge 16: Not Too Thin for Ports ![]() I also noted the glossy surface tended to get dusty. I wish the display offered touch support, but that would have likely made the laptop thicker. The Swift Edge screen also has a 120Hz refresh rate, double the usual 60Hz, for extra-smooth scrolling and enjoyment of fast-moving video or animation. The screen's 16:10 aspect ratio and 3,200-by-2,000-pixel resolution offers finer detail and more vertical screen space than the 16:9 ratio and full HD (1,920-by-1,080-pixel) display of the Gram SuperSlim. Acer's rated brightness of 400 nits isn't as high as some elite IPS panels', but OLED displays don't need as many nits to stand out because of their exceptional black levels, which I thoroughly appreciated rewatching The Dark Knight. Its OLED technology produces such vivid color that you'll reminisce about the last time you window-shopped high-end TVs. Screen quality is half the battle for any laptop, and the new Swift Edge 16 knocks it out of the park. There are logos scattered about-Acer branding on the lid and below the screen, Swift lettering below the keyboard, a DTS logo above it, and enough stickers on the palm rest to make you feel like you're using a floor model-but the notebook is otherwise an Olivine Black slab that doesn't stir the imagination. Visually, alas, the Swift Edge 16 is a bit of a bore. ![]() I thought its thinness would put it at risk of being flimsy, but its magnesium-aluminum shell showed no lack of strength, refusing to flex when I picked it up by a corner (inadvisable with any laptop) or pressed firmly on the lid and palm rest. ![]() The LG Gram SuperSlim is even lighter at 2.18 pounds, but you'll pay for the privilege.Īt 0.5 by 14.8 by 9.7 inches (HWD), this Acer is about as trim as a 16-inch laptop can be. It almost makes the 15-inch Apple MacBook Air and the Dell XPS 15 look portly at 3.3 and 4.2 pounds respectively. We're happy when a 14-inch laptop comes in under the three-pound ultraportable limit, so the Swift Edge 16's weight of 2.73 pounds is remarkable. The laptop's storage is upgradeable but its soldered LPDDR5 memory is not. The combination is ideal for everyday productivity and light content creation. Our test unit (model SFE16-43-R98R) is a Best Buy exclusive with an eight-core AMD Ryzen 7 7840U processor, AMD Radeon integrated graphics, 16GB of memory, and a 1TB NVMe solid-state drive.
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