The 14-inch Swift 3 starts at $699.99 with an Intel Core i5 CPU, 8GB of RAM, and a 512GB solid-state drive. However, it doesn't bump the Dell XPS 13 and its stellar 16:10 display from our ultraportable Editors' Choice honors list.
If you don't mind the wider display (or expressly want it because you watch a lot of movies on your laptop), there's a lot to like about the new Swift 3, from its all-metal chassis and Thunderbolt 4 support to its luxuriously long battery life and reasonable price. The 2021 edition of the Swift 3 (starts at $749.99 $999.99 as tested) reverses course with a 14-inch screen that features the more common and rectangular 16:9 ratio, and it has us pining for last year's taller view and reduced scrolling. When we last saw the Acer Swift 3 in July 2020, it was an ultraportable laptop packing a 13.5-inch display with a boxy 3:2 aspect ratio that made us declare it was hip to be square.
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