Acer Swift 7 13.3-Inch (SF713 Series)

Thinnest laptop around ; Powerful display ; Surprisingly strong usability ; 4G SIM support

Limited connectivity ; Restrictive performance ; Not quite as 'compact' as rivals

Although very slim and nice-looking, the Acer Swift 7 isn’t the most portable laptop around, while also underperforming compared with rivals.

Incredibly thin and light ; Large display for its size ; Fanless design keeps things quiet

Awkward keyboard layout ; Poor palm rejection on the trackpad ; Thin, wimpy speakers ; Doesn’t like to charge with standard USB-C adapters ; Webcam is virtually useless ; Display has a slow touch response ; Doesn’t take much to overwhelm the processor

The goal of the Swift 7 is noble: make a standard clamshell laptop as thin and light as possible in order to make it as portable as it can be. As a regular commuter, it’s something I’d typically appreciate — anything that makes my backpack or shoulder...

Excellent design ; Built-in LTE option ; Decent battery life

Touchpad doesn’t click ; Awfully weak performance for price ; Poor webcam placement ; Lacking audio

Between a touchpad that doesn’t click and its aging, fanless processor, the Acer Swift 7 is an absolutely gorgeous Ultrabook – the ‘world’s thinnest,’ in fact – that we simply can’t recommend in a sea of laptops that are far more powerful and not much...

Thinnest laptop in the land. Attractive all-metal design. Bright, touch-enabled display. 4G LTE support. Good battery life.

Pricey. Low-wattage Y-series CPU is slower than the competition. Display is only 1080p. 256GB of storage is a little light, given price.

Bottom Line: Acer's Swift 7 is the slimmest ultraportable you can buy, a trait that pairs well with its 4G LTE service. You'll pay a major premium, though, for those features.

Quiet at all times ; Handles basic tasks with ease ; Thin frame is a unique look

Lacks Thunderbolt 3 ; Ability to handle more intensive tasks is constrained ; It's thin...but it's also large

0.39-inch thin. All-day battery life. Bright and accurate display. Two USB-C ports. Quiet operation.

Benchmark performance is lower than that of rivals. Shallow key travel. No keyboard backlight. Lacks Thunderbolt 3 support.

The Acer Swift 7 takes its place as the current thinnest Windows laptop on the market. While it has impressive battery life and a beautiful screen, you have to make compromises to get them that you don't with rivals like the HP Spectre 13 and the New...

Incredibly thin, exceptionally light

Clickless touchpad is frustrating ; Tablet processor in a laptop equals subpar performance ; Poor battery life

The Swift 7 faces a somewhat unique challenge: It’s a notebook, but powered by a processor designed for a tablet. Unfortunately, the 2-core, 4-thread 7th-generation Y-series Core chip inside the Acer Swift 7 (2018) is no match for the 4-core, 8-thread...