This Article is for review for one of the Ultra premium laptop category from Acer ie Acer swift5. We testing and reviewing this Acer swift5 laptop as per designer and developer’s point of view.
We as a developer gonna test this laptop by using different softwares for coding and Graphic designing. We focusing mostly on multitasking and rough designing and developer softwares.
Table of Contents
Let’s start with Specification with Pros and Cons of the Acer Swift5
Selecting best laptop for developers and designers can be confusing when you have such huge options in terms of price and performance from different brands in market.
During the new session for our developers, we are looking for a laptop which should be powerful in terms of performance with less in weight (Its bit hard to carry 2kg laptops for client meeting).
We came across lots of options in market from different brands like ASUS, HP, DELL etc. We also set some benchmark in terms of configuration and prices. During our research we found something which really amaze us (Specially in looks and weight). It really hard to believe that a laptop can be such powerful in just 932grms (well its one of lightest and slimmest laptop ever made).
Before explaining you further, let take a quick look on configuration of Acer swift5 Ultra slim laptop.
Quick Specifications of Acer swift5
- 1.6GHz – Intel Core i5–8250U
- 8GB DDR3 SDRAM
- 256GB SSD
- 14” 1920×1080 IPS display
- 2xUSB 3.0, 1xUSB 3.1 Type–C, 1xHDMI
- 932grms (14″ screen size)
| Pros |
| Solid performance and quiet processing. High full HD quality display. Light and Slim (Easy to carry). Good quality sensitive Touch screen. Comes with Genuine WINDOWS 10 HOME and office 2016. Good notebook for developer and designers. |
| Cons |
| Average finger print sensors. Small issues with graphics while playing games. Price is bit high for standard budget buyers. |
Our Review for Acer swift5
Acer swift 5 – In terms of Design and build
Acer Swift 5 puts many laptops to shame in terms of design and build. Weighing just 932grms make it one of the slimmest laptop ultra notebook ever build. Its magnesium alloy chassis is really impressive making its thickness around 15mm. Apart from that its classy look make its out of the box in market.
Acer swift 5 – In terms of Performance
Swift 5 has 1.6GHz Intel Core i5-8250U processor, backed by 8GB of DDR3 SDRAM which gives amazing performance.
Acer swift5 comes with 256/512GB PCIe NVMe SSD which makes it more faster in terms of performance. It boots up in 4-5 sec max.
Most of developer and designer application like Corel draw, Adobe software like Photoshop, illustrator, After effect, dream weaver etc work flawlessly. Apart from that everyday applications such as office suites, media streamers and web browsers run smoothly without any problem. If you are video editor and work on software like flimora or similar then this laptop is good choice. Our developers never face any lags while working with multiple softwares at same time like working on Corel draw and Adobe Photoshop at same time.
The Swift 5 offers smooth performance and stays cool and quiet, however if you looking something for gaming then go for some other gaming range laptop options.
Should developer or designer buy the Acer Swift 5?
Well let’s be clear, we tested this machine with popular designing and coding software. It passed all test with good response rate. We recommend this laptop for developer and designer, if they can spend around 70k or 900$.
BEST PRICE IN MARKET : ₹69000 (Offline stores)
Our verdict
If you’re looking for slim and highly portable laptop that don’t compromise with performance and look then go for Acer swift5 (By the way caring slim laptop with golden Acer logo look damn sexy).
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