By Gabe Carey
The Swift 3 is the latest budget laptop from Taiwanese electronics maker Acer, whose most notable contributions to the PC space this year have included a $9,000 (£9,000 around AU$15,120) gaming laptop and the world’s thinnest Ultrabook.
For that reason, you may have expected the company to go big or go home with its next project, a goal that it all but set out to achieve. If the Swift 7 was Acer’s flagship, the Swift 3 is, well, just a cheaper version of that.
This laptop is, through and through, intended for frugal shoppers. Making the best of a 14-inch, full HD 1080p display, a 0.71-inch thick frame and 3.53 pounds (1.6kg) of muscle mass, there’s no denying that the Acer Swift 3 is nothing short of generic at first glance.
Take a look inside, however, and you’ll find a set of burly components that feel right at home within the all-aluminum chassis of the Acer Swift 7.
Price and availability
Like most laptops, the Acer Swift 3 comes in a number of different configurations, each complete with their own unique specs and pricing.
In the US, the Acer Swift 3 starts at a modest $499, whereas a similar model …read more
Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac