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Acer has been developing a line of ultraportables with a price contained since its Swift range for some years now. In this analysis, we focus on the new Acer Swift 5 of 2021 that comes equipped with an Intel Core i7 processor of 11th generation.
Acer Swift 5 offers an extremely lightweight and compact solution to work in mobility, but without giving up luxuries like a comfortable keyboard and a 14-inch display.
The 2021 Swift 5 isn't the only rooster in this chicken coop and you'll have to deal with rivals as tough as the Dell XPS or Asus Zenbooks. Therefore, Acer uses its ace on the sleeve adjusting the price to the maximum.
Portability on all four sides
I must admit that when I opened the box where the Acer Swift 5 came, my first thoughts were aimed at its size and weight.
The same reaction had everyone who saw me with the laptop in their hands, and the comment became more effusive when I opened it to show the size of the screen that was hiding behind that compact body.
That reaction is not unexpected for Acer, as it is noticeable that this laptop has been designed with portability as the highest priority maintaining a design that retains the same lines as its predecessors.
Acer has managed to keep the weight of this laptop at bay at the psychological limit of the kilo of weight. Specifically at 1.05 kg. To do this they have had to take advantage of metallurgical engineering using metal alloys such as aluminum-lithium and magnesium-aluminum which provides the lightness of the former and the robustness of the second.
Even knowing that it is an aluminum alloy, its touch does not convey that metallic feel and its textured finish makes it feel more like a quality plastic than like a metal casing.
The brand has been demarcated from the traditional finishes of black or silver laptops and opts for elegant Mist Green finishes, such as the unit Acer has sent us for this analysis, and a gold finish called Safari Gold.
As we have mentioned, the unit that we have on our hands is the one that has a dark green finish that, according to the light, looks more grayish or greenish. This finish is combined with gold details such as the part of the hinge on which you can read the name of the laptop range, as well as the brightly finished Acer logo that stands out on the laptop cover.
Acer has also wanted to contribute its grain of sand to health protection at a time when sanitary precautions are the order of the day with a silver ion-based antimicrobial coating throughout the laptop housings, as well as on rubber legs.
If we turn the laptop around we find the intake area of fresh air under which the fan is located, as well as the four rubber legs that guarantee good support preventing the laptop from slipping.
At the ends closest to the user are the stereo speakers in a discreet curve that subtly separates them from the table to facilitate audio output by bouncing it off the table.
When you open the lid the hinge pivots by lifting the base of the laptop to improve cooling, while slightly tilting the keyboard to improve ergonomics.
Making this gesture reveals one of the secrets of this laptop to manage to mount a 14-inch screen on a slightly larger body of a DIN A4 folio: really narrow frames around the screen.
Despite having a profile of only 14.9 mm, the Acer Swift 5 has not given up unreleased connectivity on a productivity laptop in 2021. On the right side, we find a Kensington safety anchor, two status LEDs for battery charging and operation, as well as a USB 3.2 type A and a mixed 3.5mm jack for headphones and external microphone.
On the opposite side are the proprietary charging port, an HDMI port, a second USB 3.2 Type-A, and a USB Type-C with Thunderbolt 4 support with charging functions via a 65W USB Power Delivery charger.
When it comes to wireless connectivity, the Acer Swift 5 also comes equipped with the latest support for dual-band 6 WiFi networks (2.4 and 5 GHz) and Bluetooth 5.1.
We've missed the presence of an SD card reader that could make this laptop an excellent choice for photographers and video content creators.
However, we prefer that they have saved it rather than take up space with a microSD reader that is totally useless for such creators.
The Acer Swift 5 is a laptop that surprises with its dimensions and weight and invites you to put it in the backpack to enjoy it in mobility without noticing that you carry it in your bag or backpack.
We've missed the presence of an SD card reader that could make this laptop an excellent choice for photographers and video content creators.
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