Acer Swift 3 Thin & Light Laptop, 14 Full HD IPS, AMD Ryzen 7 4700U Octa-Core with Radeon Graphics, 8GB LPDDR4, 512GB NVMe SSD, Wi-Fi 6, Backlit KB, Fingerprint Reader, Alexa Built-in

Laptop is so fast. It boots in less than 30 seconds and handles so many open chrome tabs. It is exactly what I wanted. Best laptop, especially for that price, that Ive ever had.

This little laptop is a powerhouse for its size and price point. The trackpad is a has a bit of a rattle to it, but it works well and had a nice feel to it, as does the keyboard.

I purchased this Acer Swift 3 with AMD Ryzen 7 in late September of 2020 and Im so glad I waited to write a review on it. First let me state that I only use this laptop for surfing the web & emails thats it. No games, no work stuff & I have not installed any programs on it. For the first month it worked flawlessly, however for the last 2-3 months I have had several issues;

It works perfectly at the first two months and I give it 5 stars. Purchase on June 29, 2021. Hear loud noise on August 25, 2021. Mail to Acer to replace fan on August 26, 2021. Getting back on September 3, 2021. Not as loud as before but still can hear something is making noise when I do certain thing (google something, open YouTube Channel, get the file from hard drive). Mailing it back on September 7, 2021 (long weekend so FedEx was not open). Getting it back on September 20, 2021 (today). The report mention they cant hear anything. I am using year 2015 laptop now and it is very quite. I am asking Amazon to get refund if possible.

This is my initial impression after using the laptop for a few a weeks. Currently the long term durability is unknown but the Acer seems to be built well Considering the price point there were some sacrifices, The biggest sacrifice is the screen; however, there is no issue at all in the house unless I have the blinds open behind me on our large window. You are restricted to 8GB of RAM. As with many portable laptop the memory is solder to the board with no option to upgrade. Surprisingly the RAM performed better than expected. I opened many chrome tabs and performed some video processing and the RAM held up. This laptop is more business focused as it is not a touchscreen.

good clear screen, illuminated keyboard is sometimes a problem, but its easy to turn on and off. Battery life is excellent, I use the PC 3 or 4 hours per day, and need to recharge battery only twice a week. Ryzen 7 processor is speedy.

laptop keeps going into the blue screen of death, and then doesnt boot up anymore.

My only complainant is the continual Norton Pop up adds .

I dont particularly like the keyboard layout, it just feels off compared to all the previous laptops I have had. The biggest screw up is definitely the power button, you have to be a moron of the highest order imaginable to place the power button between the backspace and the delete keys either that or you are a sadistic designer.

Ive been using this machine for several months now. At first glance it looked great - light weight, good specs and a good battery life. I needed it primarily to write and do research, so I wasnt looking for something to perform heavy lifting in the graphics department.