Acer's Most Beautiful Laptop! // Acer Swift Edge Review

Review of the Acer Swift Edge! Acer's lightest laptop even lighter than the LG Gram 16. It uses a Ryzen 7 6800U processor and comes with a 4K OLED display. Watch for the full review!

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[MatthewMoniz]

What do you guys think of the Acer Swift Edge? Would you buy this over the LG Gram 16?

[sven-olavnoren]

I've been using this laptop for four days now and I'm very happy with it. Having watched this video I want to point out how positively surprised I am with the keyboard: It feels nice and sturdy to me and typing works like a charm. I guess was lucky and something was improved in the chassi.

[Engnu]

Mine just arrived from Costco today. Have to say that I did not find the keyboard to be hideous. While not great, the keyboard is serviceable and my unit at least did not exhibit the dreaded trampoline effect. I was more concerned about keeping the fan from being on excessively. At first the fan was running almost constantly b/c I was putting the system under load while installing the software I need to use. But after a couple of efficiency and display adjustments, the ‘always on’ fan problem went away. Overall, I think it’s worth it. Very sleek and light; excellent display and nimble performance. The biometric fingerprint sensor did not setup properly at first, but is now working fine. Those stickers ARE a bit much though, and I’ve already decided a couple of them have gotta go! I also think that Acer needs to pay a graphics designer to come up with a logo that’s more iconic (think KIA), but that may be wishing thinking. : )

[alesterpadua]

Higher refresh rate screens should be at the norm even just for office use or productivity laptop. It could benefit when scrolling really quick and looking for something.

[temperedoil]

Matt is the only reviewer with such handy tips as using the laptop as a trampoline if the kids are a bit bored. Thank you for another top rate review, Matt. The brightness for the Acer seemed a little low for a modern OLED display.

[fridjon]

Just got this laptop and it's absolutley stunning, and to my surprise, there is no keyboard flex at all, these must have been pre-production models all these youtubers got because I've seen a lot of comments on there being no keyboard flex.

[skipper]

Seeing so much flex on the keyboard, renders even more precious the LG Gram design in my eyes, they manage almost the same weight with much bigger battery and much better keyboard. LG just has to start using AMD processors now that they support USB4 and eGPUs.

[shafiq_ramli]

Finally the review I've been waiting for

[eurodudenj]

Great review as always, thanks! Love the weight, CPU and screen.
The main downside (to me with one1 24 GB laptop and two 32GB laptops), is the lack of a 32GB RAM version (given the RAM is soldered and cannot be upgraded) - I wanted to replace one of my computers with this, but my current machines all have more RAM)...
While the battery life is (very) good, but a larger capacity battery (like that of the LG Gram 16) would be ideal.

[dracidio]

Just today I checked it out in the store. The 4k OLED screen itself is so beautiful can't express it with mere words.

[christophermathew]

"If i put my kid on here, he'll go through the roof."

I really don't need anything else. Absolutely top notch content as always. Thank you.

[MarioP]

Not that I was actively looking for a laptop but that keyboard deck flex knocked this out of my consideration immediately. Typing experience is one of my biggest considerations and I'm always surprised how many high-end laptops flex way more than I'd expect

[tjungan]

I have personally experienced this laptop in the store and this is insanely thin and light, I never experience a 16 inch laptop before and the gram isn't popular in my country. I was surprised on how they are able to make all of it that weighs lesser than a 13 inch MBA, magnesium definitely feels plasticky and premium at the same time. Totally didn't expect that acer would launch a new swift line besides the X, 3 and 5. However the price is at the high side, comparable to 8, 512 M2 Air, even though 16 inch in this chassy is cool, I still prefer 13 inch form factor more. Nonetheless, one of the best product from acer ever!

[RIURIU]

I bought this laptop recently, the keyboard was very sturdy for me, I would say no noticeable flex at all, even when pressing down hard. Please research online for other reviews, I'm not the only person saying the keyboard is great. I think the laptop in this video might be flawed.

[edwardnoble]

Great review Matt! I just bought this (32GB, 6850u version) and really love this for it's screen and portability. I don't think my keyboard was that bouncy, but I am struggling to type on it reliably, maybe I will get used to it. I noticed the Acer website says the ports are USB4, device manager also says this in Windows, but when I asked the retailer about this they said it was a mistake and should be 3.2. I noticed that Razor just did a firmware on their latest AMD latop which added USB4, Thunderbolt4 and Pluton which is interesting so maybe Acer are in the same boat and locked out by software for now. Oh well, fingers crossed they add it too, as that would be nice.

[filipjovanovic]

So Acer basically did what I always wanted LG to do. Take a Gram and put a damn AMD APU in it. Shut up and take my money

[omarcortes]

No thunderbolt but more battery life and better heat management. But yes, the keyboard concerns me.

[chilldwill]

Just bought this for my Christmas gift for only $515 refurbished. Cant wait to use it

[sriganeshparameswaran]

Hey Matthew.. please do make a video rating the best laptops overall gaming wise and productivity wise end of the year

[justreza-wh]

Thanks for the review. Was looking for past couple of weeks for this laptop review. I saw on acer website, it does have usb-c4, can you confirm this?