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Acer Swift 3 SF314-42-R7LH comes with these high level specs: AMD Ryzen 5 4500U Hexa-Core Mobile Processor 2.3GHz with Precision Boost up to 4.0GHz (Up to 8MB L3 Cache), Windows 10 Home, 14″ Full HD Widescreen IPS LED-backlit Display 1920 x 1080 resolution; 16:9 aspect ratio, AMD Radeon Graphics, 8GB LPDDR4 Onboard Memory, 256GB PCIe NVMe SSD, DTS Audio, featuring optimized bass response and micro-speaker distortion prevention, Two built-in front facing stereo speakers, Acer Purified.Voice technology with two built-in microphones, Intel Wireless Wi-Fi 6 AX200 802. 11ax Dual-Band 2.4GHz and 5GHz featuring 2×2 MU-MIMO technology (Max Speed up to 2.4Gbps), Bluetooth 5.0, Back-lit Keyboard, Acer Bio-Protection Fingerprint Solution, featuring Computer Protection and Windows Hello Certification, HD Webcam (1280 x 720) supporting Super High Dynamic Range (SHDR), 1 – USB Type-C port USB 3.2 Gen 2 (up to 10 Gbps) DisplayPort over USB Type-C & USB Charging, 1 – USB 3.2 Gen 1 port (featuring power-off charging), 1 – USB 2.0 port, 1 – HDMI port, Lithium-Ion Battery, Up to 11.5-hours Battery Life, 2.65 lbs. 1.2 kg (system unit only) (NX.HSEAA.002)
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U Hexa-Core Mobile Processor (Up to 4.0GHz) with Radeon Graphics | 8GB LPDDR4 Memory | 256GB PCIe NVMe SSD
14″ Full HD Widescreen IPS LED-backlit Display (1920 x 1080 resolution; 16:9 aspect ratio)
Intel Wireless Wi-Fi 6 AX200 802.11ax | HD Webcam (1280 x 720) | Backlit Keyboard | Fingerprint Reader
1 – USB Type-C port USB 3.2 Gen 2 (up to 10 Gbps) DisplayPort over USB Type-C & USB Charging, 1- USB 3.2 Gen 1 port (featuring power-off charging), 1 – USB 2.0 port & 1 – HDMI port
Just 0.63″ thin and 2.65 lbs and up to 11.5 hours of battery life!
Top Reviews From The United States
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tvqueen13 - EXCELLENT LAPTOP FOR EXCELLENT PRICE! I can't believe that I got a $1500 laptop for $900! It is the latest 4700U Ryzen 7 AMD processor, 8 GB RAM, 512 GB hard drive storage, 14" Full HD widescreen LED backlit display, raised keys on the backlit keyboard, and up 11.5 hours of battery life. I used it from morning to night before the battery ran down to 15% and I got a warning to plug it in. It is so lightweight that I can hold it in one hand, even though I have fibromyalgia. It is super slim too, very easy to hold and use. The processing speed is amazing! I can't say enough good things about this laptop, I just love it!
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Jared - GREAT LAPTOP FOR THE PRICE, CHARGE WITH USB-PD, RUNS DEBIAN BULLSEYE. Really nice laptop for the price, 500GB NVMe SSD, 8-core Ryzen 4700U, great (for integrated) video card. You can charge/power it using the USB-C port if you have a USB-PD adapter that's 45W or more (45W is when they switch to 20V). Very quiet even at full load, I know noise is subjective, but I am super picky about fan noise. The SoC (CPU/GPU) seems to always max out at 17W no matter what you throw at it, which does limit its multi-core performance, but keeps the noise / heat / battery life reasonable. You can run Debian on it. I couldn't get Buster (10, stable at time of review) to install, but Bullseye (11, testing) works well. Buster didn't have the Intel AX wifi driver and I couldn't get the one from backports to load. Apparently you need the 5.7 kernel for the Ryzen 4000 series power-states to work well in Linux anyway (pretty important for a laptop). Once I installed Bullseye, I was left with a black screen, had to switch to an alternate console with Ctrl+Alt+F2 and run "sudo apt update" and then "sudo apt install firmware-linux". Then rebooted (sudo shutdown -r now) and all was well. I guess it was either the amd64-microcode or more likely firmware-amd-graphics that I needed for X to work. If this doesn't work for you, make sure /etc/apt/sources.list includes "main contrib non-free" at the end of each line, as opposed to just "main". You can edit it with "sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list"
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Ivan Barakumba - BEST AFFORDABLE 14" LAPTOP ON THE MARKET. Purchased the Acer notebook for my son and it's by far better than I was expecting: - Very light - perfect for the backpack - Fast nvme 500GB SSD - windows boot and login are very fast. Touching the fingerprint reader logs you in almost instantly. - Fast Ryzen 7 CPU - the 8 core cpu is faster on perf tests than my Dell XPS 15 i7 notebook. - Cool and quiet during use - Good keyboard, mouse pad - Very sharp and bright non-reflective display - I was originally skeptical about the screen quality based on the reviews saying that it's less bright than others... Actually the screen is so bright that we need to keep it at about 15-20% when working at home even during the day. Sharpness/pixel density is the same as on my 4K 27" LG monitor. The reflection handling is very good. - Very nice set of ports - the HDMI is actually v2.0 so my external 4K monitor is running at 60Hz refresh rate - smooth mouse and window rendering. - Price/quality is very good - notebook looks and feels very nice and snappy... I looked at many other more expensive alternatives and couldn't find anything I liked in the price range of up to $1200... Honestly I'm engineer and I'm rarely impressed by the latest and greatest hardware but this is very pleasant surprise. Great job AMD and Acer!
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14″ Full HD Widescreen IPS LED-backlit Display (1920 x 1080 resolution; 16:9 aspect ratio)
Intel Wireless Wi-Fi 6 AX200 802.11ax | HD Webcam (1280 x 720) | Backlit Keyboard | Fingerprint Reader
1 – USB Type-C port USB 3.2 Gen 2 (up to 10 Gbps) DisplayPort over USB Type-C & USB Charging, 1- USB 3.2 Gen 1 port (featuring power-off charging), 1 – USB 2.0 port & 1 – HDMI port
Just 0.63″ thin and 2.65 lbs and up to 11.5 hours of battery life!
