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An early look at the ultra-thin Acer Swift 7 laptop

The Acer Swift 7 is an extremely thin and light laptop with Intel's 7th-gen 4.5-watt processors. We got an early peek at an Intel event.

Sean Hollister
When his parents denied him a Super NES, he got mad. When they traded a prize Sega Genesis for a 2400 baud modem, he got even. Years of Internet shareware, eBay'd possessions and video game testing jobs after that, he joined Engadget. He helped found The Verge, and later served as Gizmodo's reviews editor. When he's not madly testing laptops, apps, virtual reality experiences, and whatever new gadget will supposedly change the world, he likes to kick back with some games, a good Nerf blaster, and a bottle of Tejava.
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Acer Swift 7

The Acer Swift 7 laptop. It's an ultra-thin PC. We got an advance look at an Intel briefing -- no final info yet!

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The Swift 7 has a 7th-gen Intel Core i7 chip inside -- albeit one of the lower-performance 4.5W models formerly known as Core M.

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Look how thin it is next to a Dell XPS 13 -- itself quite a thin computer.

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It's barely thicker than its USB-C ports and 3.5mm headpdhone jack.

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It's a thin keyboard, too. We won't pass judgement quite yet.

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The Swift 7 sure does have a spacious trackpad, though. Remind you of anything?

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Another look at that Swift 7 profile.

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Here are all the specs of this particular pre-release unit.

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One last look at how thin PCs have become.

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