Deal | Acer Swift 16 AI with superb 3K 120 Hz OLED display and Core Ultra 7 Lunar Lake CPU returns to lowest-ever price

The Acer Swift 16 AI is a great laptop for the vast majority of users who do not seek desktop-replacement-level performance from a notebook. With an excellent display, adequate performance, and decent battery life, the Swift 16 leaves very little room for complaint. Thanks to an ongoing sale at Best Buy, the laptop can now be purchased for its all-time low price of $849.99 once again.

Before we dive into the positives, let us first tackle the aspects of the Swift 16 where it fails to deliver. First and foremost, its build quality leaves much to be desired, as revealed by the reviewers of Gizmodo. The quality of the built-in speakers is nothing to write home about either, and its otherwise excellent display tops out at around 340 nits of brightness, which may not be bright enough for folks who are frequently outdoors, or have to deal with brightly lit environments.

Speaking of the display, it truly shines in almost every other way. With a resolution of 2880 x 1800, the 16-inch 120 Hz OLED touch panel delivers excellent contrast and accurate colors, making the system a bliss for multimedia consumption as well as creation, assuming that brightness is not an issue. The Core Ultra 7 256V "Lunar Lake" CPU paired with 16 GB of memory boasts enough computing grunt for the bulk of use cases, and while its Arc 140V iGPU cannot match discrete GPUs, it is sufficiently potent for lightweight graphical demands. While the laptop's memory is not upgradeable, its 1 TB M.2 SSD can be upgraded down the line.

All told, the Acer Swift 16 AI is an easy-to-recommend thin-and-light laptop for folks who prioritize portability and battery life, but do not require extreme computing power or crave a stellar build quality. Best Buy's ongoing offer knocks its price down to the lowest ever once again, making the deal hard to pass on. 

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