We’ve been waiting a long time for the first laptops with a Snapdragon X Elite processor to hit the market, and Acer is part of the first wave of manufacturers to offer one. The company has just announced the Acer Swift 14 AI, its first Snapdragon X laptop and its first so-called Copilot Plus PC.

The Swift 14 AI is powered by your choice of Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100) or Snapdragon X Plus processor (X1P-64-100). The former brings a 12-core CPU consisting of eight performance cores and four efficiency cores, while the latter offers a 10-core CPU consisting of six performance cores and four efficiency cores.

It’s also worth noting that Acer isn’t using the most powerful X Elite chipset on the market. The X1E-78-100 variant seen here drops the CPU clock by 400MHz and the GPU clock by 250MHz compared to the top-of-the-line version. Even so, this still looks like a hefty upgrade over Qualcomm’s previous Windows chips thanks to the use of custom Oryon CPU cores for the first time.

These chipsets also bring an NPU with up to 45 TOPS of processing power to the device, enabling the all-new Copilot Plus PC moniker. Copilot Plus computers deliver a variety of on-device AI features, including recall (running a text/visual search of everything you’ve seen on screen), image generation/editing, and live captioning.

Arm-based chipsets like the Snapdragon X Elite and Plus also tend to be more efficient than x64 chips from Intel and AMD. To that end, Acer says the Swift 14 AI can offer up to 16 hours of battery life with its 75 Whr battery.

What about the rest of the Swift 14 AI?

Acer’s new laptop also brings up to 32GB of LPDDR5X RAM, up to 1TB of NVMe storage, and a 14.5-inch IPS display (2560 x 1600, 120Hz) with a touchscreen option. The manufacturer hasn’t disclosed minimum RAM/storage figures, but the Copilot Plus brand claims 16GB and 256GB, respectively. The company also offers a 1440p webcam with a privacy cover.

The Swift 14 AI also brings a rather interesting “activity indicator” on the trackpad that lights up when Microsoft’s Copilot or the device itself is activated. Speaking of the Copilot AI suite, the laptop also comes with a dedicated Copilot key. And if that’s not enough, there’s a dedicated button that takes users to AcerSense device management options and artificial intelligence features. We really hope that Acer and Microsoft will allow users to remap these keys.

Other notable features include a 3.5mm jack, Bluetooth 5.4, two USB-C ports (supporting DisplayPort and charging), two full-size USB-A ports (USB 3.2 Gen 1) and Wi-Fi 7. The company also originally claimed that the device had an HDMI port, but now we’re told it doesn’t have that feature. Instead, US consumers will get a USB-C to HDMI dongle in the box.

Acer says the Swift 14 AI will be available in July in the US, starting at $1,099. Expect availability in EMEA markets from June, starting at €1,499 (~$1,630).