Acer Swift X SFX16-61G-R0SU
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Reviews for the Acer Swift X SFX16-61G-R0SU
Source: Trusted Reviews
Any company trying to churn out a high-end creative laptop for $1,599/£1,499 has its work cut out in a world of similar rivals such as the Huawei MateBook D16 (2024) and the MacBook Air M3, but Acer has done well here. Internally, the AMD processor and Nvidia GPU do a fantastic job of serving up creative power – there’s enough for virtually any task. The Acer is relatively quiet and has decent connectivity. The OLED panel is bright, bold, broad and good enough for most creative workloads, it’s that word though – most. While the OLED panel here is good, if you spend more you’ll get something with greater Adobe ability, different colour profiles and extra brightness and pop.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 10/15/2024
Rating: Total score: 70%
Source: Expert Reviews
Acer’s 2024 Swift X update is by no means a bad machine. It offers very good performance for the price and the display is a joy to behold. The problem is that nothing about it stands out from the opposition. Moreover, the absence of a MUX switch and a display colour profile selector put it at a disadvantage compared to competing machines from Asus, Samsung, Apple and Lenovo. It’s also very hard to overcome the feeling that Acer’s design department is working to the principle of “that’ll do”. For this sort of money, I expect a laptop that makes me go “oooh” when I open the box, not “meh” and for that reason the Acer Swift X 16 2024 is not a laptop I can wholeheartedly recommend.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 05/21/2024
Rating: Total score: 80%
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Source: Charles Tech
FR→ENSingle Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 05/12/2024
Rating: Total score: 90% performance: 90% display: 100% mobility: 70% ergonomy: 90%
Source: Les Numeriques
FR→ENSingle Review, online available, Long, Date: 12/06/2023
Rating: Total score: 80% performance: 80% display: 80% mobility: 60% workmanship: 80%
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16.00":
15-inch display variants are the standard and are used for more than half of all laptops.
The reason for the popularity of mid-sized displays is that this size is reasonably easy on the eyes, often allows high resolutions and thus offers rich details on the screen, yet does not consume too much power and the devices can still be reasonably compact - simply the standard compromise.
» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.Acer: In 1976, the company was founded in Taiwan under the name Multitech and was renamed Acer or Acer Group in 1987. The product range includes, for example, laptops, tablets, smartphones, desktops, monitors, TVs and computer peripherals. Since 2007, the group has merged with Gateway Inc. and Packard Bell, which also market their own laptop product lines.
Acer computers are designed for a variety of purposes, including ultrabooks for mobile use, gaming laptops for gamers, affordable options for everyday tasks, and 2-in-1 convertible laptops for versatility. Acer's product portfolio also includes tablets that offer portable computing and multimedia capabilities.
80%: This rating is not earth-shattering. This rating must actually be seen as average, since there are about as many devices with worse ratings as better ones. A purchase recommendation can only be seen with a lot of goodwill, unless it is about websites that generally rate strictly.
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