Acer Swift Go 14 AI (Qualcomm)

Excellent battery life and a colourful 14.5in screen can’t hide all the sacrifices Acer has made to hit a price

RAMI TABARI

PRICE £741 (£890 inc VAT) from johnlewis.com Acer’s Swift Go series sits a rung or two below the Acer Swift range, so don’t expect the same build quality or aesthetics. It features a grey aluminium lid that looks like a standard film prop laptop; it’s blank outside of the Acer logo in the top right and Acer’s AI branding in the top left. Still, basic looks aside, it has that premium metal feel thanks to a sandblasted lid. At 1.4kg it’s roughly the same weight as most modern 14in laptops, but at 16.6mm thick it’s a fraction chunkier than rivals. But Acer rewards you with plenty of ports: two USB-A ports (albeit 5Gbits/sec) to accompany the pair of USB-C 4 ports, plus an HDMI 2.1 connector and the expected 3.5mm…

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