{"id":570,"date":"2025-06-20T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/acer-swift-14-ai-review-give-it-up-for-the-ports\/"},"modified":"2025-06-20T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T12:00:00","slug":"acer-swift-14-ai-review-give-it-up-for-the-ports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/acer-swift-14-ai-review-give-it-up-for-the-ports\/","title":{"rendered":"Acer Swift 14 AI review: give it up for the ports"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"An Acer Swift 14 AI laptop in blue, against a yellow background on a gray table.\" data-caption=\"The best part about pictures of this laptop is that the speakers can\u2019t hurt you.\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/257797_Acer_Swift_14_AI_Intel_AMD_ADiBenedetto_0020_08fc47.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\tThe best part about pictures of this laptop is that the speakers can\u2019t hurt you.\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap has-text-align-none\">The Acer Swift 14 is all over AI the place. It has powerful chip options, exceptional battery life, and loads of ports for such a portable laptop. The keyboard and trackpad are solid, which is not always a given <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/reviews\/611176\/dell-xps-13-laptop-review-9350-intel-lunar-lake\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">at any price<\/a>. But the screen and webcam are mediocre, and the speakers are outright terrible.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Battery life, performance, and ports are important, and it makes sense to prioritize those, even if it means cutting costs elsewhere. Those are the kinds of tough tradeoffs that budget laptops have to make. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Unfortunately, the Swift 14 AI is not a budget laptop.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-vox-media-highlight vox-media-highlight\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-small-font-size\"><strong>Component report card:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Screen:<\/strong> C<\/li>\n<li><strong>Webcam:<\/strong> D<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mic: <\/strong>C<\/li>\n<li><strong>Keyboard:<\/strong> C<\/li>\n<li class=\"has-xsmall-font-size\"><strong>Touchpad:<\/strong> B<\/li>\n<li><strong>Port selection:<\/strong> A<\/li>\n<li><strong>Speakers:<\/strong> F<\/li>\n<li><strong>Number of ugly stickers to remove:<\/strong> 4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbuy.com\/site\/acer-swift-14-ai-14-wuxga-touch-laptop-copilot-pc-intel-core-ultra-7-32gb-memory-1tb-ssd-steam-blue\/6605371.p\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">review configuration<\/a> of the Swift 14 AI comes with a Core Ultra 7 Series 2 258V (Lunar Lake) processor, 32GB of RAM, and 1TB SSD at an MSRP of $1,299.99. There are numerous Swift 14 variants, including a $1,199.99 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbuy.com\/site\/acer-swift-14-ai-14-wuxga-touch-laptop-copilot-pc-amd-ryzen-ai-9-365-16gb-memory-1tb-ssd-pure-silver\/6605373.p?skuId=6605373\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AMD Ryzen AI 9 365<\/a> config (which I also tested) and a Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbuy.com\/site\/acer-swift-14-ai-copilot-pc-14-5-2-5k-120hz-touch-screen-snapdragon-x-elite-16gb-memory-1tb-ssd-steel-gray\/6585501.p?skuId=6585501\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elite<\/a> model with a better screen. Acer also makes a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbuy.com\/site\/acer-swift-16-ai-16-3k-oled-touch-laptop-copilot-pc-intel-core-ultra-7-series-2-16gb-memory-1tb-ssd-ice-black\/6598823.p?skuId=6598823\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">16-inch Intel version<\/a> with an OLED screen, and it&rsquo;s actually $50 <em>cheaper<\/em> than the 14 but with less RAM.<\/p>\n<p> \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/reviews\/687771\/acer-swift-14-ai-intel-lunar-lake-amd-strix-point-review\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The best part about pictures of this laptop is that the speakers can\u2019t hurt you. 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