GoKawiilThe price of Acer’s Swift Go 16 AI can swing widely, and it’s a much better value when on sale. But it’s a solid big-screen portable with a nice IPS screen and lots of ports. Just check the price of the Intel option before buying, because it has OLED and may cost less.
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We’re so used to testing cutting-edge, top-end laptops with high price tags that a decently equipped portable that isn’t priced around $2,000 can feel refreshing. And with price increases happening seemingly everywhere, the average laptop buyer probably feels the same.
Enter Acer’s Swift Go 16 AI, a 16-inch portable with an IPS touchscreen, a premium-ish metal shell, AMD Ryzen AI 7 445 processor, and 16GB of RAM paired with 1TB of storage, plus a 7-inch (diagonal) touchpad. It won’t break any performance ground, but it was a solid deal when it was on sale for $799. At its current MSRP price of $1,149, it’s a lot harder to argue for – especially when the silver-shelled Intel-based model (which halves the storage to 512GB but ups the screen tech to OLED) was on sale for just $699 at Best Buy when I wrote this.
Design of the Acer Swift Go 16 AI (Gorgon Point)
The design of Acer’s Swift Go 16 AI packs more positives than negatives, but it is still a mixed bag. Perhaps due to its size, it feels lighter than its 3.53-pound weight, and its aluminum shell (black with zig-zagging slim lines on the lid) puts it head and shoulders above budget offerings. It’s also fairly svelte for a big-screen laptop, at 14 x 9.9 x 0.63 inches.
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Port selection is also good, with a pair of USB-C ports, a USB-A port, and HDMI on the left edge.
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The right edge houses a Kensington lock slot, another USB-A port, a headset jack, and a microSD card slot.
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