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Acer just unveiled a ridiculously light 14-inch laptop with a 3K OLED option

Acer has unveiled a lightweight 14-inch laptop with a magnesium-aluminum alloy and carbon-fiber chassis, a 50Wh battery, and several display options.

Acer just unveiled a ridiculously light 14-inch laptop with a 3K OLED option

Acer recently unveiled its lightweight 14-inch Swift Blade laptop at the IFA Berlin event, featuring a 3K OLED display option. The laptop weighs just 799 grams, or 1.76 pounds, making it lighter than even the Apple MacBook Neo, which weighs 2.7 pounds. The Swift Blade 14 boasts a thin design at 12.9mm thick, and it will be available in Marshmallow Blue and White colors.

Its high-end configuration includes a 2880 x 1800 OLED panel with a 90Hz refresh rate, 400 nits of brightness, and 100% DCI-P3 coverage. The laptop comes with either 1920 x 1200 OLED or a 1920 x 1200 IPS display, along with Intel Core 3 to Core 7 processors and up to 1TB of storage. Acer's Swift Blade 14 offers three display options, with the highest spec featuring a 90Hz refresh rate and 400 nits of brightness.

The laptop runs on LPDDR5-6400 memory and supports connectivity through three USB-C ports and a 3.5mm headphone jack. Acer has not yet announced the price of the Swift Blade 14, leaving its competitiveness to compete with the Apple MacBook Neo uncertain.

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