Review Acer Swift Edge 16 Review: OLED Goodness in a Thin and Light Chassis

[Admin]

With a price tag of less than $1,300, Acer had to make some compromises to deliver the OLED goods.

Acer Swift Edge 16 Review: OLED Goodness in a Thin and Light Chassis : Read more

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

Eh, sorry for being pedantic here, but a Pro that is "Lightweight Chassis, and then a Con being "Cheap chassis that flexes". Does one beget the other here, no?

 

[The Hardcard]

just between those two, no, not at all. There is the third factor - price. If you’re willing to get really pricey for the performance and features you’re offering, you can do both lightweight and sturdy.

Now lightweight, sturdy, and great price, now that would be a triumph.

 

[ikjadoon]

With a price tag of less than $1,300, Acer had to make some compromises to deliver the OLED goods.

Acer Swift Edge 16 Review: OLED Goodness in a Thin and Light Chassis : Read more

Did Tom's Hardware have a chance to check the base TDP and boost TDP? 15W + 30W? Or 28W + 40W?

The 7840U is default 28W base, but manufacturers can choose 15W to 30W base cTDP. Boost may be higher, but some manufacturers set base = boost TDP to extend battery life even more.

I'm curious if a high base TDP might also explain the lackluster battery life (beyond the anemic battery size and power-hungry OLED) on a TSMC N4 CPU.

 

[ikjadoon]

Eh, sorry for being pedantic here, but a Pro that is "Lightweight Chassis, and then a Con being "Cheap chassis that flexes". Does one beget the other here, no?

Some laptops are light weight and rigid, but it's pricier as they need to use magnesium (vs plastic here). The quick example I know is the Lenovo X1 Nano G2, which uses magnesium & even some carbon fiber:

It’s gained a few ounces, now weighing 2.13 pounds versus 1.99 pounds, but of course, that’s not enough to notice. What is noticeable is just how light the laptop really is. Where other 13-inch laptops like the Dell XPS 13 and XPS 13 Plus feel quite dense, the ThinkPad X1 Nano Gen 2 feels light and airy. It’s amazing what can be done with materials like carbon fiber and magnesium-aluminum. And the laptop isn’t just light; it’s thin as well at 0.58 inches.

Amazingly, it’s quite rigid, with a lid that doesn’t bend even under extreme pressure and a keyboard deck and chassis bottom that resist flexing. It’s as solid as the best 13-inch laptops around, an impressive feat considering that the materials used quite often result in laptops that bend, flex, and twist.

Another is the HP Dragonfly, most recently the G4:

At 2.2 pounds, the magnesium and aluminum Dragonfly G4 remains quite light, while still feeling solid...

Neither are as bang-for-buck as this Swift Edge 16, though, and neither at 15"-class laptops either, so maybe not the best examples.

 

[play150]

The review says no fingerprint reader, but the one I bought (same SKU) definitely does have one - I'd double check that it doesn't have one. There is indeed no Windows Hello though.

The review also says it's a 3:2 screen, but with the 3200 x 2000 resolution isn't it 16:10?

 

[newtechldtech]

so OLED are becoming cheaper now ... I just remembered how upgrading your notebook screen to OLED was $1000 more ..

 

[Apollo_Creed]

The image this article is using for the keyboard is incorrect, as it seems to say Lenovo on it.