
The display on the Acer Swift Edge is one of its main draws, however. We should also note that the laptop is designed to store the included pen in a dedicated garage, so you don't have to worry about losing it. It's also just over 17mm thick and it weighs 2.87 pounds, which is still fairly thin and light for an all-metal convertible of this size. It still looks and feels premium, albeit not as unique. Instead of a dual-tone look, it's just a single-color laptop, and it comes in a slightly tinted shade of silver. The design is where the Acer Spin 5 distinguishes itself from the Swift 5. Acer is oddly reluctant to include Windows Hello facial recognition in its laptops, so you'll still have to make do with a fingerprint reader. The webcam is also great on the Acer Spin 5, being a Full HD sensor with temporal noise reduction. And that's the core difference from the device above: Besides supporting touch input, this panel supports a pen, which is included with the laptop, so taking notes by hand becomes much easier. It's a very sharp display that looks great, and the tall aspect ratio makes it even more suitable as a tablet for drawing and taking notes. It has a 14-inch panel with a 16:10 aspect ratio, and it comes in Quad HD+ resolution. In many ways, the same can be said for the display. The laptop weighs just 2.65lbs and measures 14.9mm thin, so it's also a very portable machine, especially for an aluminum laptop. It makes for a very premium-feeling look that's beautiful but not overly flashy. The surfaces of this laptop are "mist green", a shade of dark grey with green undertones, and that's complemented by gold accents along the edges of the laptop, the trackpad, and on the key labels. The design is one of the best things about the Acer Swift 5, though that's obviously a subjective matter. Unfortunately, there's still no Windows Hello facial recognition (as with most Acer laptops), but there's a fingerprint reader if you want a more convenient way to unlock your PC. Acer has updated to a higher-resolution sensor with temporal noise reduction, and it shows, you get pretty great image quality from this camera. The screen also supports touch and reaches up to 425 nits of brightness, so it's still visible outdoors.Ībove that display is even more good news in the form of a 1080p webcam.

On top of that, it comes in a very sharp Quad HD+ (2560 x 1600) resolution, so everything looks crystal clear. This taller screen makes for a fantastic canvas for productivity, with more space to see what you're working on without scrolling.


This laptop comes with a 14-inch panel, and it adopts the increasingly popular 16:10 aspect ratio. Something else that's fantastic with the Acer Swift 5 is the display.
