![]() ![]() Nevertheless, we were able to almost crack the lid open with nothing but our fingernails around the corners of the display definitely a negative when it comes to build quality. A second test led to less fearful creaking and snapping, and it is possible that our review unit had to “snap shut” first. Even the base creaked noticeably and the display snapped so violently that for a second we feared for its dear life. Unfortunately, that first impression of sturdiness quickly gave way to disappointment once we started warping and bending the case. Unlike on many other Swift notebooks, the fingerprint reader is located on the right-hand side below the keyboard. Apart from that, the case design, including the functional and pragmatic keyboard layout is rather plain and simple. The very wide golden hinge displaying the Swift logo is an eye-catcher. We found plastic only around the inner display frame. The case seems to be of high quality as the inner frame has been largely coated by a thin layer of Magnesium-Lithium and feels very sturdy. Accordingly, we have had to widen our scope to include the Toshiba Tecra X40-D (equipped with a touchscreen), the Asus ZenBook 3 Deluxe UX490UA (similar weight and hardware), the more expensive Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon 2017 (see Asus), and its smaller brother the Acer Swift 3 SF314.Īt first glance the Swift 5 - not to be confused with the Acer Spin 5 - looks like any other business notebook: it is completely black save for the golden hinge and an Acer logo on the display lid. ![]() It was surprisingly hard for us to find worthy competitors for today’s review unit as lightweight (aka less than 1 kg/~2.2 lb) 14-inch notebooks with touchscreen are almost impossible to find. With almost identical hardware, it was a whopping 400 g (0.9 lb) heavier. Last year, we had its Kaby Lake-equipped predecessor in review ( Core i5-7200U). One of its highlights is undoubtedly the FHD touchscreen. Today, we take a closer look at the Swift 5 SF514-52T-59HY - an ultralight 14-inch laptop equipped with Intel’s Core i5-8250U, 8 GB of RAM, and a 256 GB NVMe SSD. As we speak, Acer is selling a total of four different 8th generation Swift 5 SKUs. Several models of Acer’s Swift 5 have been upgraded with Intel’s latest Kaby Lake Refresh processors in the course of this year. ![]()
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