The Swift Go 14 is built with an Intel Core i7-13700H processor, 16GB of RAM and a 512GB of SSD storage. Even then, it’s still not quite loud enough. With a percussion and guitar-heavy opening that immediately sets the bittersweet tone for the rest of the track, I could feel myself falling into the throes of this beautiful song, thanks to a full and relatively loud sound that didn’t lose track of any of its key instruments. I then listened to “The New Year” by Death Cab for Cutie and was more impressed overall with how the Swift Go 14 handled this track. It would also be nice if the speakers could get a little louder - some of my favorite sections of this track disappeared into the background. But as the percussion of the low drums introduced itself into the mix, it practically disappeared beneath the rest of the audio. I started listening to “The Great Elsewhere” by Owen Pallett and enjoyed how the Swift Go 14 presented the opening electric piano keys, atmospheric glitch noises, and subtle vacant rings that make the track feel so mysterious. I watched The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power and while the dialogue and soundtrack came across fine with a decent level of bass and loudness, I couldn’t help but think how much I’d rather plug in a headphone or external speaker to enhance the experience. The depth of each key has a nice tactile bounce from one letter to the next. Jumping between keystrokes feels smooth and tactile, making it easy to pump out each word of this review without feeling weighed down by mushy keys. The Swift Go 14’s lovely island style 60% keyboard features black matte keys with an LED backlight. However, the MacBook Pro M2 (475 nits) comes solidly in first place. This is superior to the category average (349 nits), Slim Pro 7 (325 nits) and Gram 16 (332 nits). The Swift Go 14’s brightness is similarly excellent, managing an average of 395 nits of brightness. Not only is this higher than the Slim Pro 7 (83.7%), MacBook Pro M2 (77.5%) and Gram 16 (118%), but it is the highest DCI-P3 score I’ve ever seen. It’s no surprise that the Swift Go 14 managed a score of 175.7% on the DCI-P3 color gamut, demolishing the category average of 107.5%. In practicality, both laptops do a similarly excellent job, with the Acer Swift Go 14 popping just a bit more.Īcer Swift Go 14 vs Competition: Display Laptop During a scene that showcases a fleet of ships sailing off into a dim horizon with an indescribable orange light peering through a bed of dark gray clouds, each display presented the moment with a gorgeous array of inky blacks alongside a beautifully vivid glow in the sky.Īnother scene that shows a forlorn, battle-worn Galadriel placing a helmet upon a pile of fallen soldier’s skulls yielded the same results. While the difference was not intense, I could see that the Swift Go 14 was both brighter and more vivid than the Yoga 9i. I watched The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power and compared the two displays side-by-side. After all, if our metrics claim you’re the best, my eyes need to see it too. But I wanted to make sure that this was legit. On paper, the Swift Go 14’s score brings it more than 30% higher, which makes it the highest DCI-P3 I’ve seen on a laptop. So I took the Lenovo Yoga 9i, a personal favorite of mine with a phenomenal DCI-P3 score of 142.1%, and compared the two side-by-side. Acer Swift Go 14 (Right) (Image credit: Future) On the left you’ll find two Thunderbolt 4 ports, an HDMI 2.1 port, and one USB 3.2 Type-A port. The Swift Go 14 has a solid number of ports that should be sufficient for most users. The LG Gram 16 (2.5 pounds, 14 x 9.5 x 0.66 inches) is a bit of an enigma, as it’s the lightest of the bunch, yet the largest. This makes it lighter and smaller than the Lenovo Slim Pro 7 (3.5 pounds, 12.8 x 8.9 x 0.6 inches), but larger yet lighter than the Apple MacBook Pro M2 (3 pounds, 12 x 8.4 x 0.6 inches). The Swift Go 14 weighs 2.9 pounds and measures 12.3 x 8.6 x 0.6 inches. This also means that the top of the deck curves downwards and nestles some of the lower bezel beneath its view, making the screen itself look even larger than it would normally. One of my favorite aspects of the Swift Go 14 is that the bottom of the lid extends a bit further than the base, meaning the laptop props itself up as you open it. I’m not personally a big fan of the four stickers stuffed near the touchpad, but you can always remove them. Lifting the lid reveals a beautiful 16:10 screen with a 90% screen-to-body bezel ratio that makes the display pop out front and center, alongside a large keyboard that barely wastes a modicum of the deck’s space.
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