Acer Swift 3 (2021)
Acer has updated its more affordable Ultrabook line, the Acer Swift 3 (2021), and brought it in line with the Intel Evo platform. This means some considerable under-the-hood upgrades, especially where battery life is concerned. The laptop doesn’t quite fall into the same budget price range that previous Swift 3’s did, though, and that sees it face more competition from models from HP’s Envy line, like the far more elegant Envy x360 15 (2021) . It even butts up against the likes of the M1 MacBook Air and the Dell XPS 13. That’s a fiercely competitive space to enter, and the Acer Swift 3 actually has a few ways it can stand out, even if it doesn’t ultimately come out ahead. Price and availability Spec Sheet Here is the Acer Swift 3 (SF314-511-70TU) configuration sent to TechRadar for review: CPU: 2.8GHz Intel Core i7-1165G7 (quad-core, 12MB cache, up to 4.7GHz) Graphics: Intel Iris Xe Graphics RAM: 16GB LPDDR4x (4,267MHz) Screen: 14-inch, 1080p (1,920 x 1,080, IPS,...