Acer has held the title of the ‘world’s thinnest laptop’ for a while now, and it continues this trend into 2018 with the new Acer Swift 7. This time around, though, Acer has beefed up the display to 14 inches without increasing the device’s overall footprint, and has introduced a fingerprint sensor for added security. In order to maintain its ‘thin laptop’ crown, though, Acer had to remove the clicking functionality from the touchpad. Now, this is a change that we can live with, but it’s sure to be controversial with some users. Price and availability The Acer Swift 7 launched earlier this year in the US for $1,699 (£1,599, about AU$2,159) to start, which is certainly nothing to sneeze at for even an hyper-premium Ultrabook. What that steep price nets you is a 7th-generation Intel Core i7 processor backed by 8GB of DDR3 memory and a 256GB solid-state drive (SSD). All of these guts sit underneath a newly-widened, 14-inch Full HD (1,920 x 1,080) display that can bend back ...
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