Acer’s Swift Blade 14 weighs just 1.76 pounds and uses Wildcat Lake — company introduces new sub-brand ahead of IFA tradeshow

Acer's Swift Blade 14 weighs just 1.76 pounds and uses Wildcat Lake — company introduces new sub-brand ahead of IFA tradeshow

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Swift Blade is a new sub-brand for the Swift line. To achieve featherweight status, the chassis is a mix of aluminum-magnesium alloy and carbon fiber. The laptop is 0.51 inches at its thinnest, so you likely won't notice it in a backpack. The system will come in two colors: marshmallow white and marshmallow blue.

The Blade 14 uses Intel's Wildcat Lake chips, ranging from the Core 3 304 all the way up to the Core 7 350, along with 12GB of LPDDR5 RAM. Its ports include three USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-C ports (one of which is solely for data transfer) and a headphone jack.

14-inch, 2880 x 1800, OLED, 400 nits, 90 Hz / 1920 x 1200, OLED, 300 nits, 60 Hz / 1920 x 1200 IPS LCD, 300 nits, 60 Hz

16-inch, 2880 x 1800, OLED, 600 nits, 120 Hz / 1920 x 1200, OLED, 300 nits / 60 Hz / 1920 x 1200, IPS LCD, touch, 400 nits, 60 Hz

The Acer Swift Air 16 is largely a bigger version of the Swift Air 14 it announced at Computex , though you'll also get an OLED display and quad-speaker audio . This system will come in three colors: elemental blue, sage green, and sandstone gold, though in the US, the 14-inch version only ended up shipping in sage. It has many of the benefits the 14-inch version, including an aluminum build, Thunderbolt 4 ports, and a 100W power adapter.

Both systems will come with a variety of OLED and IPS LCD screen options.

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