Acer Swift Go Intel Evo Thin & Light Premium Laptop 14" 1920x1200 100% sRGB Touch Screen Display Intel Core i7-1355U Intel Iris Xe 16GB LPDDR5 512GB Gen 4 SSD SFG14-71T-72QV

It's still very early days so I can't comment on durability yet. But I will provide some opinions and commentary.This Acer Swift Go 14 replaced a new Asus Zenbook 14 with OLED screen and Core Ultra 155h. The Asus arrived with a defective touchpad so it went back to BestBuy.So enough history. I had been lusting after this Acer unit for quite a number of months so, when the Asus went south and Amazon dropped the price on the Acer, I ordered it. It arrived in two days (as promised). Came with a zippered case (which I haven't even opened yet).Forgot that it had a touchscreen; I'll never use it as the screen doesn't fold back into tablet mode so it's essentially worthless to me; they could have left it out and sold it for less. I guess everybody wants an iPad wannabe, eh?The screen itself, however, is sharp and clear and very bright. I tend to keep it at 50% brightness as I computer indoors. The 1920x1200 resolution is perfect. I keep it at 125% magnification and can read the small lettering just fine with my glasses.The keyboard has plenty of key travel (unlike MacBooks) and the touchpad, which I don't think is a Synaptics, operates well. It's not oversized (as Macs tend to be) but feels right to me. Tapping, two-finger scrolling, three- and four-finger swipes are supported (as is a traditional "click" if you press).Performance: Very speedy; feels as fast if not faster than the Asus Zenbook I returned. If I could install Windows 10, I might do that only because Win11 gets in my way with its incessant nagging and suggesting and whining. Maybe when I figure out how to turn off all the annoyances, I'll be happier with Win11.General Design: One of the things I've liked about Acer non-gaming laptops/notebooks is their "vanilla" design ethos. Keep it simple and clean. The case of this Swift is a lovely somewhat squared-off "chiseled" look in the same sense as an Ioniq 5. I think the manufacturing execution is not quite Apple quality--the case port edges are a little sharper than Apple would permit--but everything plugs in the way it should. The keyboard is recessed below the palm rest a bit so your greasy fingers won't end up leaving marks on the screen when you close the lid. Speaking of the keyboard, it's nice and large with well-spaced keys and adequate backlighting.Battery life: Ran it for about 6+ hours with lots of web use. I think I had about 50% left. No complaints.As I think about it, the Acer reminds me most of my 13" 2012 MacBook Pro although it's a larger screen, higher resolution, incredibly faster, and about 1.25 lbs lighter. :D That Mac was, IMHO, the pinnacle of Mac laptop design. I think Acer has done a great job with this unit.I'll report back in a few months regarding any QC issues that, hopefully, won't pop up.

OK, understand that I'm just an old guy well into my 70s, so, as might be expected, I don't need a laptop for anything fancy, just the web & email. I have had several other laptops, but none performs like this one (they didn't cost as much either). It doesn't seem to run as warm/hot as some others, and I do not hear a fan. It seems to be built like a tank, yet still weighs only 3 lbs. It looks really nice, all aluminum, and the display is outstanding. The fingerprint reader works flawlessly, and the keyboard lights up quite bright. Not to be sneezed at, it charges back up quite rapidly. I'm sure some folks would find something displeasing about this sucker, but not me.

I must say for the money you're paying for this laptop, it's very good. I picked it up mainly for educational and work purposes to take notes, write code, and do light gaming. Under the battery-saving power plan, the laptop can last nearly 10 hours. That's with me writing code, texting people, surfing the web, and listening to music. The RAM is enough to do all those things (and in the future if it isn't you can always upgrade it easily).In terms of performance, I've had no complaints. This is not a gaming machine and does not have a dedicated GPU. However, you can most definitely game smoothly on even fairly recent titles if you don't care too much about graphics (I play GTA V with a graphics mod and NFS Heat with very high graphics settings and they both run smoothly).The touch screen works as you would expect. Same with the fingerprint reader being very quick. The keyboard is nice to type with, so no issues there. It being backlit is also a nice touch.There are just a couple of small things that bother me which are honestly not a big deal and I've found some workarounds for them. The screen brightness doesn't go very high, so using the laptop outdoors in the sun will definitely be difficult, outside of the fact that you're also using more of your battery life. The keyboard was missing multimedia keys, which very much surprised me since I've never had a computer missing those. To fix it I simply linked them through a shortcut on Windows and while it's a little inconvenient, it still does the job. I get quite concerned about the heat of the laptop. If you are putting it on performance mode, it can get quite hot. Not loud, just hot. There also is no way I could find for me to modify the fan curves so I'm stuck with whatever speed the fans want to run at. The laptop doesn't get hot on casual use, but if you're say for example gaming, it gets concerning. I generally suggest having a CPU temp monitor if you do plan on gaming so that you can keep a check on your temperature and ideally try to keep it under 90 degrees Celcius. You can always use Core Temp to alert you when your CPU gets hot so you can turn down your settings a bit.Do get a lot of network issues with it though. WIFI happens to mess off quite often.Again, I really enjoy using this laptop and find it to be an amazing choice for this price point.

So far this seems like a great little laptop. Works perfectly for what I need it for (online enrollments, spreadsheets, emails, videos, gaming, etc) the I-7 processor screams and the battery life is decent. It has dual fans and they run when it is plugged it to keep it cool. I prefer smaller laptops and this is my 2nd Acer. I have had zero problems with my prior Acer Swift 3 and I honestly don't expect to have any problems with this one. I purchased it on Prime day so I saved $250 off the regular purchase price, but I would honestly not hesitate to pay full price for this unit either. The touchscreen is a huge bonus and makes the enrollment process much easier when I'm using it for work. I doubt you will be disappointed if you do purchase this. It is not high end, but it's definitely NOT a low end laptop either. I feel like I've gotten more than I paid for. Also, the fingerprint reader works flawlessly!!!