The Swift 14 AI is Acer’s first Qualcomm Snapdragon laptop

On Monday, Acer announced the arrival of its first Copilot Plus PC: the Swift 14 AI, which is a Qualcomm Snapdragon version of one of its popular laptops. It will come in two configurations, both of which will support a number of new AI features in Windows 11, such as Recall, Cocreator and Live Captions.

One configuration comes with the base 12-core Snapdragon X Elite processor (the one without dual boost) and the other with the 10-core Snapdragon X Plus. Both have the same 45 TOPS neural processing unit, and both laptop models can be configured with up to 32 GB of memory and 1 TB of M.2 SSD storage.

Also, both will have a 14.5-inch (2560 x 1600), 120Hz IPS display, Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 4, plenty of ports (two USB-C, two USB-A, and one HDMI), and a 1440p IR webcam.

The Swift 14 AI is the most significant change to Acer’s Swift lineup since the company renamed the Swift 5 to the Swift 14 in 2023. (The same year it renamed the Swift 3 to the Swift Go.) That’s why there are so many Swift 14s in Acer’s lineup right now, including other computers with artificial intelligence: Swift X 14; Swift Go 14; and Swift Go 14 AMD. The only notebook without artificial intelligence is the vanilla Swift 14 because its CPU does not have an NPU like the others.

The Acer Swift 14 AI is coming to North America in July, starting at $1,099. But it will arrive in Europe, the Middle East and Africa in June, starting at 1,499 euros.

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