acer Swift Go 14 Intel Evo Thin & Light Laptop | 14" 1920 x 1200 Touch Display | Unlock AI Experiences | Intel Core Ultra 7 Processor 155H | Intel ARC | 16GB LPDDR5X | 512GB SSD | SFG14-72T-718K

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.

This laptop is well designed, well built, and is fast. Has nice features, good amount of memory. SSD is nice.

I love this laptop. If you are looking for a laptop for normal office type work, this is perfect. I pair it with an external monitor, keyboard and mouse. It's great for zoom meetings and all my work needs. My problems started after 2 months; the mouse pad started having problems and lost left and right click. Then the keyboard started feeling mushy when I used it. Wasn't a huge problem because I used a mouse and keyboard, but it bugged me when I would open it at home to work. I decided to take it apart and investigate, which meant having to buy a screwdriver set that would fit the odd screws under the laptop. When I got the right tools, I didn't even have to take it apart, the problem became obvious. All the screws were rather loose. after tightening all screws, laptop works perfectly. I love this laptop. If are having the same problems, try to tighten the screws.

I'm going to college soon and I needed a laptop, so I settled on this one after looking at a bunch of reviews. So far, it's proven itself to be pretty powerful with a high end CPU, and I also find the backlit keyboard to be a big help when it's dark. I can't comment on battery life since I haven't used it that much, but after calibrating the battery it usually estimates itself at 9+ hours at max charge, though I have it on a lower performance setting. Will come back to update after I toil in academia. Anyways, you've probably already seen the pictures connected to this review so the secret is out, but apparently this laptop has a secret 2nd M.2 Slot hidden next to the fans. Just disconnect the ribbon cable and peel the black tape away, and there it is. Perfectly functional too. I installed a 1TB Crucial P3 Plus with a thermal pad so the ribbon cable doesn't heat up, and after a restart I managed to initialize the new SSD and now have another TB of space in this thing. It's a little strange that they decided to hide away this slot and not say a word about it even though doing so would make it an even more appealing product, I only know of this because I stumbled upon a disassembly video of the laptop in question and someone brought it up in the comments. Anyways, the only reason I'm giving this laptop a 4 star review despite all of my praises is the fact that the 16 gigs of RAM are soldered to the laptop. While it's a perfectly functional amount there's almost no reason manufacturers should be soldering RAM apart from guaranteeing that laptops like these become obsolete even faster. EDIT 2/16/2024: I'm well into my second semester now, so I figured I'd come back to write an update as promised. Honestly, I'm not super impressed with this laptop's performance despite the high end CPU. My classes tend to require the use of various Adobe programs such as Photoshop and InDesign, and sometimes the laptop will just slow to a crawl or threaten to just crash when I'm saving my work. I have experimented with going out of power efficiency mode but I don't think it's had much of an effect. On the bright side, the battery is able to last for a whole day (some days I go from 9:00 to 6:40) and then some, though I do take the chance to charge it whenever I'm near an outlet. Even then, the thing will charge pretty dang fast (60% to 100% in half an hour). Unfortunately the provided charger ended up breaking my last semester so I had to invest in a third party 65W brick. It's also pretty dang light too at about 2.75 pounds (1.25kg), and I do really like the all metal sleek build. The double thunderbolt USB-C ports is a cool idea, though I haven't ever really needed to use both, and my SD card reader doesn't fit the other slot if I'm charging. MicroSD is cool too, but my DSLR uses SD cards so that's another feature not utilized. I'm still pretty bummed out about how limited this thing's performance is by the soldered ram, and I've also come to realize I don't actually use much of the 1TB I added when I upgraded it. Worse yet, I'm not much of a visuals guy and I always keep this thing on night light mode so I'm likely not doing the display justice. Though I do find the touchscreen to be helpful at times. As I'm writing this review it's on sale for $599, and I paid $690 initially. Would I recommend this laptop? I mean, the battery life is great, it's lightweight and all metal, and does have some cool features like thunderbolt ports, microSD, and a good display. If all of that sounds appealing and you won't be doing anything crazy like intensive gaming, right now it seems like a good deal. As for me, I'll probably give this to my sister and continue my search for my one true laptop. Also, the provided case's zipper ended up breaking off at some point.

I picked up the Acer Swift X 14 (14.5" OLED, 2880x1800, 120Hz, RTX 4060, Intel Core Ultra 7 155H). After a week of light gaming and general use, here’s my take: Pros - The OLED display is stunning. Sharp, vibrant, no ghosting, and smooth response times in games. - Solid build quality. Doesn’t flex or wobble, keyboard feels better than average, and the trackpad is smooth. No numpad (a plus for me). - USB-C charging is convenient. Cons - Preloaded Acer bloatware drags the system down at first. Out of the box, the fans roared and performance tanked until Windows updates and Acer apps stopped hogging resources. I uninstalled everything except AcerSense. - The RTX 4060 is crippled. It’s hard-capped at 60W in firmware, even in Turbo mode. A 4060 should easily go over 100W, so this is wasted potential. BIOS is locked down, so no fixes there. - Heavy reliance on AcerSense. You can’t adjust fan curves in BIOS or use third-party tools like Afterburner. The only way to manage performance at a firmware level is through Acer’s software. - Gaming requires toggling modes with Fn+F. Silent mode drops the GPU to ~30W, which is too weak for games but keeps noise tolerable. Turbo maxes out at 60W, still underpowered but at least playable. A 4050 would’ve made more sense for this chassis. - Cooling is underwhelming. Fine for light gaming, but below average for a laptop with this hardware. Verdict: I wouldn’t pay full price ($1,499). At the ~$1,000 sale price it’s acceptable: fantastic screen, solid everyday laptop, and light gaming capability if you can tolerate Acer’s restrictions. At retail, there are far better options. Note: This design choice is absurd. A modern laptop should automatically manage fan speed and GPU power depending on the workload. Instead, Acer forces you to manually toggle between Silent and Turbo with Fn+F. Browsing the web? Fans idle fine. Launch a game? It should crank power up on its own. But no—you have to babysit it. This is dumb for so many reasons, and frankly worth knocking a star off by itself. Rant: Acer wasn't shy about throwing "AI" around to advertise this product which is kind of ironic considering it can't automate basic computer functionality. It is BEYOND stupid that each mode has is pegged to different fan curves AND sets the dedicated GPUs power limit EVEN WHEN THE DEDICATED GRAPHICS IS BEING USED INSTEAD OF THE 4060!?!?!? Absolutely braindead. Its frustrating because its a nice laptop but could have been REALLY good. The people at Acer who made these decisions should be fired. I cannot believe there's an RTX 4070 version of this laptop. That is insane considering there's a GPU shortage going on RIGHT NOW. Recommendation: If you care more about gaming and want a normal looking laptop, I'd highly recommend a Lenovo Legion laptop. Amazing laptop, just does not have nearly as nice of a screen as this one but its better at everything else. Get a 4060 version of that one maybe. I had a 3050 version but my mom hijacked it lol. If you see it on sale for $1k as I did I'd say its worth it but I feel bad about having an entire 4060 that performs like a 3060 in a gaming laptop chassis MAYBE.

This is an excellent value buy for me. I spent time researching 14 inch touch-screen laptops with all metal case. The Acer Swift Go 14 is performing better than I had hoped for. As mentioned, it has a all aluminum case, backlit keys, and touch screen. I am very pleased with the touch screen and overall performance. It seems to run faster than my current model Dell XPS with an i5 processor. The touchscreen is very response and bright. The only thing that I would be critical of is the sound quality - it is tinny. Also, it is thicker than my XPS but it is thinner and lighter than many competitors in the same price range. I am defintely very pleased with my purchase.

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.

Cheap built. Cheap quality. Comes with lot of bloaware that compromise performance ..I have had this laptop for a year.... restored windows twice .the keyboard stopped working once. Second time the screen got cracked because the lid wouldn't close properly because the hinges broke. The entire frame seems lose. The built in mouse pad also sensitive and work on its own will. The laptop started making squeeking noise from its chasee like the whole thing was comming apart after one month of purchase. These books are not sturdy atall. Wouldn't recommend for the price they are charging for.