[IFA 2019] Acer somehow manages to cram a GeForce MX250 into the 990-gram Acer Swift 5
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Acer introduced the Acer Swift 5 and Acer Swift 3 at IFA 2019, bringing 10th Gen Intel Core processors and the GeForce MX250 into laptops that are impossibly compact and lightweight!
Acer Swift 5
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Yeah yeah, the GeForce MX250 isn’t even that powerful, you say. But man, we are talking about a laptop that weighs just 990 grams. That’s less than what some high-end desktop CPU coolers weigh. And the Acer Swift 5 is only 14.95mm thin! And they also told us that it can be even lighter if not for the GeForce MX250? A laptop that’s even lighter than 990 grams, complete with a 10th Generation Intel Core i7 processor. The 10nm Ice Lake ones, not the 14nm ones.
![[IFA 2019] Acer somehow manages to cram a GeForce MX250 into the 990-gram Acer Swift 5 33](https://pokde.net/assets/uploads/2019/09/Acer-Swift-5-1.jpg "[IFA 2019] Acer somehow manages to cram a GeForce MX250 into the 990-gram Acer Swift 5 2")
What that means is that you will be getting Intel’s latest Iris Pro graphics from the Intel Gen11 graphics architecture, and also built-in support for Thunderbolt 3 and WiFi 6. The battery is also no slouch, with Acer promising up to 12.5 hours of battery life with the Swift 5, and 4.5 hours of use with just a 30-minute charge. Pretty impressive, if you ask me. Capping it off is a 14″ display with narrow bezels for a screen-to-body ratio of 86.4%. If this isn’t portable enough for you, I am not sure what is.
Prices start from USD 900 (~RM3757), with availability to commence in North America in November. China is expected to see the device a bit earlier in Q3, with prices from RMB 7499 (~RM4394).
Acer Swift 3
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For those who are willing to sacrifice a bit of portability for the sake of affordability, the Acer Swift 3 is your option. Priced from USD 700 (~RM2922), this is a much more affordable option, and it isn’t all that much heavier at 1.19kg. It is a bit ticker at 15.95mm, but you get all the goodies that the Acer Swift 5 offers, including the 10th Gen Intel Core i7 processor, the GeForce MX250 GPU, Thunderbolt 3 and also WiFi 6.
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The battery is equally enduring according to Acer’s claims, with up to 12.5 hours of battery life per charge and 4 hours of use with just a 30-minute charge. In terms of the footprint, you are looking at a 84% screen-to-body ratio thanks to the thin 4.37mm bezels around 14″ display. Needless to say, this is one portable machine.
Which laptop will you choose?
Pokdepinion: The Acer Swift 5 really felt surreal to hold… It was just way too light for its size and specifications…
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