Acer Swift 3 Thin & Light Laptop | 14" Full HD IPS 100% sRGB Display | AMD Ryzen 7 5700U Octa-Core Processor | 8GB LPDDR4X | 512GB NVMe SSD | WiFi 6 | Backlit KB | FPR | Amazon Alexa | SF314-43-R2YY

This is a very fast, well-made computer for the price and features provided. I purchased it to run Mint Linux on a second, external Samsung 980 1TB SSD M.2 NvME Interface. I did have to update my Mint Linux 20.2 (Latest Release) with the 5.15.x (x=6) Kernel from "Mainline" Kernel Repository to ensure that my WiFi adapter was properly detected, the default Linux Kernel provided by Mint Linux 20.2 did not support the MEDIATEK mt7921 WiFi Network Adapter. I did have to disable the secure boot option in my Linux Partition using the Linux "mokutil" application in order to run the 5.15.x Linux Kernel (not signed) with WiFi support, please reference the following link for instructions/use: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1119734/how-to-replace-or-remove-kernel-with-signed-kernels. By using "mokutil" linux application you will not have to change your secure boot BIOS settings. I did not want to change secure boot in the BIOS since I am running Windows 11 Home in the internal NvME m.2 drive. I have been running Mint Linux for 3 weeks with the configuration that I purchased which has only 8Gbytes of RAM and it runs great! Memory use (RAM) is usually between 1.7 and 2.5 GBytes with multiple applications running, Mint Linux is very memory efficient. This is a great little computer, nice keyboard, display and good battery life, I recommend it if you are looking for a well-priced, quality laptop to run Linux and Windows 11.

I have had this laptop for over 2 years now, and haven't had any issues with anything breaking or not working as expected. Very dependable, I use it for Notion, Microsoft Office applications, watching media, and basic video calls. Just understand that it is a wonderful step up from a chromebook, but it is not a laptop designed for gaming/video editing/programming/etc. It would make a great laptop to bring to class as it is very lightweight and relatively sturdy (as far as ultralight laptops go).

As far as the computer itself - the processing speed, memory, time to boot up, lack of crashes, and overall value it's a great laptop. The aluminum body is strong, and still lightweight, it's a little cold however if you put it on your bare legs on a cool day! My only big problem with the laptop is the keyboard. It is backlit which is great, but the letters are so thin and small, and there's so little contrast between the white letters and the silver keys they are very hard to read. Normally when I'm typing something like a letter that's not an issue, but when I'm trying to peck at the keys to enter a password, it demands my full attention. Other than that I'm very happy with this laptop.

Laptop is really bang for buck 🙂. Only disadvantage is lack of ram. But nothing to worry if you use this for browsing, streaming movies and slightly editing in Photoshop. I haven't try gaming on this laptop because AMD Radeon software says laptop only has 512mb dedicated gpu memory and shared gpu memory is 4gb. Battery life is superb ( nearly 10 hours🔥) Laptop's size increases portability and weight is about 1.4kg. 🧐 Camera lens cover not in place (see below photo, so after long time dust can ruin the webcam. After 2 months, now enter key in keyboard doesn't work ☹️

I purchased this laptop back in 2023. Since then I have pushed its limits pretty far. Utilizing DAW programs to record music. It can handle quite a bit until you really load in some heavy plug-ins. It runs games like Left 4 Dead 2 on Steam with easy at high settings. Its fast, responsive, battery still like new. Keyboard has held up very well. Again I take extremely great care of my belongings. Its basically like new. Updates still continue to be released. I have nothing bad to say about this device. Its a little beast for what it is. Hdmi 2.0 for that HDR. Pair it with a nice Acer monitor to compliment it and you have a nice little setup. Its even more affordable now.

Great laptop for college and video games like Minecraft

Don't buy this product, and don't use this third party seller HIMALAYAS.LLC. Please note the large number of "Blue Screen of Death" reports for this product. There is a "WHEA UNCORRECTABLE ERROR" hardware issue with this thing where CPU timing causes crashes... this occurred with a brand new system with all software updates applied. The PC did run for several hours without a problem, but I experienced problems when room temperatures were near 60 degrees C (we had a cold front and office was cold). Blue screen of death every 5 minutes... could not work at all. I ran memory and disk checks and there were no problems. I returned the device within a week and the crappy 3rd party seller charged an $85 restocking fee stating that the device "worked well". I followed up with them and again detailed my experience, and again they simply replied the device works well. Not only is the AMD chipset acting flakey, HIMALAYAS is restocking FAULTY DEVICES and you may be the next victim. Keep looking and save yourself hours of troubleshooting and an $85 restocking fee!

Took awhile to get all the updates downloaded but once done it is very quick laptop. Downloads and speed opening programs is fast. Websites load fast and goes from sleep to logged on in only a a second or two with finger lront reader. Edit: It has multiple BSOD a day, have done a full restore and updated all the drivers with bo help. Have no programs on it that didnt come from factory and still get the bsod multiple time. Have scanned the barcode and followed what it says to do and nothing helps. Get them saying Kmode, hyper...somthing or other, kernel. Wont make the mistake of buying another one of these laptops or anything similar.