Tech of the week Acer’s new Swift 7 boasts super thin feature

KUCHING: Acer’s new Swift 7 leads the trend in style as it is said to be the world’s first laptop that measures less than a centimetre (cm) while still boasting features that are up to date in the laptop market.

The extremely thin Swift 7 measures just 0.39 inches ( 9.98 mm) in height and weighs a mere 2.48 pounds (1.1 kg), providing incredible portability and up to nine hours of battery life.

“We are thrilled to announce the new Swift series, a complete ultra-thin laptop lineup with something for everyone,” said Acer Inc Consumer Notebooks, IT Products Business general manager, Jerry Hou.

“Front and centre is the flagship Swift 7 with an all-aluminum chassis that’s less than one centimeter thin, while still packing in performance and stamina for all- day productivity.”

“The new 7th Generation Intel Core processors set a new bar for

per- formance and efficiency enabling amazingly fast, responsive designs that are also incredibly thin and light,” said Intel Corp Client Computing Group vice president and Mobility Client Platforms general manager, Chris Walker.

“Intel and Acer’s strong collaboration is on full display with the new Swift series which delivers great performance in a beautiful package.”

Its black- and- gold dual tone design is fitted with durable allaluminum uni-body, while tough Corning Gorilla Glass adds superior scratch resistance to the 13.3inch Full HD IPS display with a micro-bezel.

The Swift 7 is also powered by top- of-the-line performance, delivered through a 7th Generation Intel Core i5 processor, fast 256GB SSD and up to 8GB of memory.

According to Acer, the latest wireless technology (2x2 802.11ac with MU- MIMO) delivers reliable and up to three times faster connections, while dual USB 3.1 Type- C ports are included for quick data transfer, connection to an external display, and to charge the notebook. An HD webcam with HDR (High Dynamic Range) imaging support is also equipped to the new ultra- thin laptop.

The Acer Swift 7 is now available in Malaysia.