Acer’s new MacBook Air rival is nearly a pound lighter than Apple’s laptop
Acer has unveiled the Swift Blade 14, a lightweight laptop designed to compete with the MacBook Air. It features carbon fiber construction and Intel Wildcat Lake processors, with a launch scheduled for December.
Why it matters
The device represents a significant push by Acer into the ultra-portable premium laptop market, challenging Apple's dominance in weight and portability.
Acer is announcing a new laptop poised to rival the MacBook Air’s thinness and lightness — and in the process, it cops another laptop’s name. The Acer Swift Blade 14 (not to be confused with the Razer Blade 14) is a productivity machine weighing just 1.76 pounds / 799g and measuring as little as 0.51 inches / 12.95mm thin. That’s around 1.7mm thicker than Apple’s svelte 13-inch MacBook Air, but Acer’s Blade is nearly a pound lighter. Its featherweight stature is partly due to Acer using carbon fiber in the laptop’s top lid and bottom plate.
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