Regardless of how cynical you feel about AI, its here to stay.
Frompocket companionstodoing your Physics homeworkfor you, its truly the era of theAI-ification of everything.
Acers newly released Swift Go 16 is part of the first wave of AI PCs.
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It offers a 16-inch multi-touch IPS display and Intel Arc graphics.
This is the only configuration Acers latest budget laptop is currently available.
The laptop prides itself on its thin and light form factor.
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Its impressive that it maintains this form factor while sporting a well-made, sturdy build.
As expected from a 16-inch laptop, it also sports a humongous keyboard that handles your numeric keypad needs.
I wasnt too thrilled about the keyboard.
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It is incredibly shallow and features insufficient travel to respond with reassuring, satisfactory feedback.
The trackpad gave me no glaring issues, enough real estate, and a firm, stable feel.
The Swift Go 16s port selection is excellent for a productivity-focused laptop.
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I was happy to see a Kensington lock slot, which has almost become extinct on notebooks.
Acer Swift Go 16 Performance
Tops quite a few competitors.
The Swift Go 16 handles itself quite efficiently in terms of overall performance.
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It scored 2342 on the Geekbench 6.0 single-core test and 12956 on multi-core.
Those impressive figures top theDell XPS 14, Lenovo ThinkBook X1 Fold, and theLenovo Slim 7i.
Dont expect this machine to fulfill your gaming needs.
The Predator series already does that.
The Swift Go 16 is strictly a productivity laptop.
I liked the Copilot features but wouldnt buy this machine only for those.
Essentially, the Copilot key triggers a chatbot.
However, some of its capabilities extend beyond your typical chatbot.
For instance, I said, Turn Bluetooth on to it, and it complied.
I followed that with turn it off and understood the context.
Its ability to have some memory and understand context also impressed me.
I was also able to understand and ignore all of my typos.
Responses were accurate, but some of them had unusually long loading times.
I once asked it what the capital of Greece is, and it took 17 seconds to answer that.
Once youre signed in, its another 10ish seconds for the image to come up.
than looking things up.
Acer Swift Go 16 Display
Its not OLED, but its not bad.
The 16-inch display is a WUXGA (1920 x 1200) IPS panel with a 60Hz refresh rate.
I didnt feel a perceptible difference in visual noise.
I compared it to the Lenovo Slim 7is camera without any AI intervention, and they performed quite similarly.
The webcam isnt poor quality; it doesnt live up to its fancy AI-infused hype.
The mic also uses AI noise reduction.
According to my friend, the hum of my tower fan right next to me was significantly quiet.
The most outrageous thing is that the battery scores dont include excessively battery-draining apps.
It offers efficient performance, a good-looking display, a lot of ports, and an excellent form factor.
You might also have to ignore some overly enthusiastic AI marketing.
Currently, AI PCs arent offering anything out of this world that can be considered entirely separate.
There isnt anything else that the Swift Go 16 promised but failed to deliver.
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