Acer Swift 7 Review - premium thick notebook with a smartphone
Devices / / December 19, 2019
Table of contents
- Specifications
- Equipment
- Design
- Screen
- Sound
- Keyboard and Touchpad
- interfaces
- Performance
- autonomy
- results
Specifications
CPU | Intel Core i7-7Y75, 1,3 GHz |
graphics processor | Intel HD Graphics 615 |
operating system | Windows 10 Home |
opertivnost memory | 8GB |
HDD | SSD, 256 GB |
Screen | 14 inches, Full HD (1920 × 1080 pixels), IPS |
Wireless interfaces | Wi-Fi 802.11a / b / g / n / ac, Bluetooth 4.1, 4G LTE |
connectors | Two USB Type-C, analogue 3.5 mm audio jack, |
SIM-card | nanoSIM |
Battery | 36 Wh, 4580 mAh |
housing | Aluminum, plastic, glass |
Dimensions | 9 × 328 × 237 mm |
Weight | 1.2 kg |
Equipment
The laptop itself is part kit Swift 7, cover, envelope, food, pack instructions and guarantees. Also attached interfaces extender with three ports: HDMI, USB and classic Type-C. His picture can be found in the interfaces.
Design
Acer Swift 7 makes a good first impression - it's a neat laptop with sharp edges and metal housing. Concise view of a little spoil the sticker with the specifications, but they can be removed. So Swift 7 will look like a black ultrabook without striking elements. Nothing extra.
The screen hinges to the housing connected to the lengthened rushing - and this is one of the features that distinguish Swift 7 not only on previous models in the series, but also from the majority of notebooks on the market.
Acer calls a laptop the world's thinnest, and it is confirms edition of The Verge. Thickness 7 Swift in different parts of the body is 9 to 10 mm - about the same performance found in most smartphones.
First experience with such a thin laptop is nice and strange sensations. It seems a little more, and the housing edges could cause injury.
Despite this, the laptop remains sturdy and reliable. By twisting the body is not deformed, so that the notebook can be easily carried in a backpack.
Test one hand Swift 7 is not passed: to open it, you have to use both. Due to the minimum thickness of the housing recess for the thumb turned out quite shallow - it can be uncomfortable, but easy to get used to this.
The hinges allow the laptop to straighten up to 180 °. This can be useful, for example, when discussing the presentations with colleagues.
The hinge mechanism is made securely - no backlash and suspicious overtones we have not found.
On the left are two port USB Type-C and a mini headphone jack on the right - the power button and a slot for a SIM card. At the bottom there is a battery reset button for emergency stop laptop, with her accidentally press will not work: to activate the need to insert in the hole something subtle, such as a clip from the smartphone, press, and wait.
Housing sealed by six screws, the bottom has four rubber feet that make lightweight laptop is on the surface of an elephant - not loose, no backlash and does not go on the table.
Screen
The Swift 7 is a 14-inch display with a Full HD-resolution. Despite the fact that the screen here with IPS-matrix image it produces a bright, contrast and correct. Even black color here has enough depth to almost merge with the frame around the screen.
The pixel density - 157 dpi. Indicators are not a record, but sufficient for a detailed image: the pixels are barely distinguishable even at the maximum close to the screen.
Manufacturers of notebooks with Windows are increasingly installed in their devices touchscreens, Swift 7 - is no exception. It is convenient and eliminates the mouse: if some tasks such as moving windows on the touchpad can not be executed, the display - easily. Screen Swift 7 correctly responds to touch, and thanks oleophobic coating remains on the display of oily stains from the fingers.
In just a few days with a laptop, I did not choose for themselves some one input device. Some things I habitually do using the touchpad, and the rest - just like a tablet, running her fingers across the screen.
Below the display is a company logo, a little lower - a camera and two microphones. Moving the eye lens under the display does no matter what no effect, except that the angle of the screen when video calls will have to put a little more.
Sound
Manufacturer writes about the use of the audio system in the laptop technology and Acer TrueHarmony premium Dolby Audio-sounding. We say simply: the sound is really good - read, quite loud and not critical to the expected shift towards higher frequencies. Music machine Swift 7 parties, of course, will not, but keep audio communication, watch videos, and organize a mini-disco, you can easily.
Keyboard and Touchpad
The Swift 7 is classical for ultrabukov without digital keyboard unit with the elongated arrow buttons. Key functions combined with figures.
On the first row with letters taken out of the additional buttons, triggered by simultaneously pressing the Fn button. With their you can quickly remove the notification from the messenger going to airplane mode, or disable the touchpad if you have it abusive.
Removal of the keys is quite small, but nice buttons respond to pressing. Highlighting on the site.
To the left of the keyboard is a fingerprint sensor - works fast, always learns.
Below the keyboard is extended touchpad, which for some reason do not have a click function. But the mouse still does not need - a touch screen saves.
interfaces
The Swift 7 is equipped with two ports USB Type-C. Each input works in two ways: one possible charging plug from the laptop, and recharged with another smart phone. Supported output media via DisplayPort standard. This means that to connect your laptop to a monitor or projector is possible, without buying additional equipment.
If you are accustomed to using wired devices to the classic USB-plugs, you will need an adapter. With most scenarios handle small tee of the regular set - with HDMI, USB and more classic one output Type-C.
For a variety of work tasks at Acer have accessory, sold separately, - serious dock station with all ports that may be needed: three classic USB 3.0, one USB Type-C, HDMI, DisplayPort, and an RJ-45. With the handheld device to the Swift 7 you can connect the old wired printer, cable internet or smartphone with the original USB-cable from the kit.
At Swift 7 has something that is not present in most devices on the market - a slot for a SIM card and staff support mobile Internet. This is useful if you often move through the city, which will have to work and are tired of begging password Wi-Fi in schools.
Performance
Swift 7 - an excellent machine for common tasks and work on the Internet. PC power enough for all office applications and the browser time with endless carousel tabs. In this scenario, the use of the performance limit of just do not feel it.
But to play at maximum graphics settings will not work: ultrabooks, for the small exceptions, generally not designed for gaming. The Swift 7 is not discrete graphics card - "piece of iron", which is responsible for the quality of the graphics in the resource-tasks. But something out of laptop power enough. portal NotebookCheck launched several games in different graphics settings and measured FPS, here are the results:
Minimum graphics settings | Medium graphics settings | High graphics settings | The maximum graphics settings | |
BioShock Infinite | 48,6 | 28,3 | 24,4 | 7,9 |
Battlefield 4 | 37,3 | 26,9 | 19,1 | 6,4 |
Sims 4 | 155,1 | 94,2 | 43,5 | 29,6 |
Rise of the Tomb Raider | 14,2 | 9,1 | — | — |
For a comfortable game requires a minimum frame rate of 20-25 FPS.
The same goes for working with graphics and video. With many tasks Swift 7 can handle it, but if you are looking for a powerful machine for mounting and rendering serious subjects, it is better to look at another category of computers.
Some figures for the numbers of fans: in the Geekbench benchmark 4 laptop He scored 3526 points in single-core mode and 6370 - in a multi-core. Strong middling.
Stress test AIDA64 ultrabuk rendered with advantage, barely heating iron to 77 degrees for 40 minutes and almost no rustling. And despite the fact that the active cooling system is not provided - we even grills for blowing air was found.
autonomy
Swift capacity battery 7 - 36 Wh or 4580 mAh. Battery life - 7-12 hours depending on brightness setting and load. This means that you can forget charging at home and relaxed to work full-time at the computer.
results
Swift 7 - serious device that looks stylish and expensive, fast and long lives without charge. Aluminum housing and modest dimensions make it possible to carry your laptop with you wherever you go and not get tired of the weight of a backpack or bag.
If you are looking for a reliable and beautiful ultrabook on Windows, from Acer Swift 7 good chance you will like.
Swift 7 - premium product with an appropriate cost. Price in the official store Acer - 146 990 rubles.
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On the basis of the Acer internal research, conducted among those available on the market competitive products, are running Windows or macOS and made in the form factor of the classical laptop. Information is accurate as of October 3, 2018.