There's a lot of competition between top retailers to offer the best Acer Swift 3 prices as it's massively popular among those looking for a cheap ultrabook. Indeed, for just a fraction of the price of a new MacBook Air or Dell XPS 13, these Acer devices can feature similar specs in a premium chassis offering great value for money.
If you're looking for the best Acer Swift 3 deals, or even if you're just in an initial research phase, then you've come to the right place. We've put together this article to give you a low down of what Acer Swift 3 prices are available right now, as well as info on the current (and older) models. Armed with this information, you'll be able to find the right spec for you as well as save a little bit of cash on your next purchase.
Generally starting at a $629 / £599 price point, this great little ultrabook was ranked highly in our best laptop feature, where we called it the best value budget laptop you can buy right now. Below you'll find the current models on offer, their pros, cons, and also the very best Acer Swift 3 prices available right now. If you decide you want to go for a different device, check out more options in our guide to all the cheap laptop deals available today.
The best Acer Swift 3 deals
For entry-level models, baseline specs and prices differ depending on your location. If you're in the US you've got the advantage of being able to get your hands on a new Ryzen equipped Swift 3 which retails for $629.99 . This AMD variant contains a 4th gen Ryzen 5 4500U - which comes complete with its own integrated graphics and clocks in at an impressive 2.30 GHz on each of its 6 cores. If you're in the UK, then the baseline models have a 10th gen Intel Core i3 and retail for £599 , which is just about the cheapest all-aluminum chassis ultrabook you'll find anywhere.
The mid-range flagship 10th gen Intel Core i5 models retail for $699 / £699 currently, and features integrated Intel UHD graphics, 8GB of RAM, and a 512GB SSD - which is a nice bonus that sets you back a serious premium on the Swift 3's competitors. For comparison's sake, a new MacBook Pro 13 with similar specs will currently set you back around $1,499, while a new Dell XPS will cost around $1,099, so you're definitely getting some value right here.
Build-wise, the Acer Swift 3 features an all-metal chassis that tapers to a slightly wider point at the rear. You'd think this means extra weight, but the new Swift weighs in at just 2.7 pounds, which is MacBook Air territory. It's also fairly discreet looks-wise, which is a welcome addition for a consumer laptop that's got such a wide range of applications.
Our recent Acer Swift 3 review gave this little ultrabook a glowing appraisal. We especially liked how lightweight it was, as well as the value on offer considering its performance and premium build quality.
Acer Swift 3 alternatives
The ultrabook toting audience that the Acer Swift 3 is firmly gunning for actually has quite a few alternatives, although most of them don't offer quite as good value for money as the Swift 3.
At the higher end of the price spectrum are the amazing Dell XPS 13 and latest HP Spectre x360, which feature similar specs to the Acer Swift 3 on their baseline models, but have much better screens. This comes at a much higher premium though, as the price comparison just below will attest to.
Closer to the price range of the Acer Swift 3 is the Lenovo IdeaPad range and the latest Asus Zenbook's, which generally retail for around the same price points as the Swift 3. Depending on what's on sale over at Amazon and other big retailers, both these laptops can offer an attractive alternative to the Swift 3, but keep an eye out and pay close attention to specs like their processors and SSDs.
If they are 8th gen Intel processors or earlier, then it's a dead giveaway that these aren't the latest ultrabooks on the market. Similarly, manufacturers tend to try and save a little bit of cash by putting in a 256GB SSD instead of a 512GB, which you can pick up for fairly cheap on an Acer Swift 3.
If you want to go even cheaper, then we recommend heading over to our best cheap laptop deals page, where you'll find a well researched list of excellent options for under $600 / £600.
Where to find more Acer Swift 3 deals and sales
If you'd like to check the best retailers directly we've compiled a list of useful links just down below so you can find the best Acer Swift 3 prices not featured above.
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As we've already stated, there's some great ultrabook alternatives you can check out right now. We've got dedicated pages on the best HP Spectre X360 deals and the best Dell XPS deals , which cover these superb, high-end laptops. We've also got the best MacBook deals , where you'll find all the best prices on Apple's ever desirable range of excellent laptops.
Forget 5G, development of 6G is really starting to heat up
Development of what will become 6G networks is gathering pace, with a new Finnish consortium looking to speed up development of next generation radio technology and a Japanese-US alliance seeking to lead the standardisation of technology that will be essential for unmanned applications.
The development and deployment of 6G is viewed as a “trillion dollar opportunity” for the mobile industry, while technical leadership is increasingly a political priority for many governments around the world.
Although it is too early to predict the final form the 6G standard will take and which technologies will be included, there are some plausible assumptions about its capabilities and the challenges that operators, manufacturers and researchers face.
6G radio
Naturally, 6G networks will deliver huge advances in speed, capacity, and low latency, while it is also expected they will be much more intelligent and reliable. This will deliver superior mobile broadband but also enable advanced services such as truly immersive extended reality (XR), high-fidelity mobile holograms and digital twins.
Central to these applications will be the ability of 6G to compensate for current constraints – such as the limited processing capability of mobile devices – and the integration of intelligence into the network.
If the most ambitious targets are met, then 6G will deliver 100 times the capacity of 5G and will be able to support 10 million devices per square kilometre.
Signals would extend 10,000 metres above the surface, enabling ‘3D coverage’ in the skies, space and underwater. All these capabilities would allow for intelligent sensing, positioning, edge computing, and high-definition imaging.
However, one of the biggest challenges is likely to be spectrum, with 6G using even higher frequencies in order to maximise the capacity gains, including at a 1THz and sub-THz level. It is radio technology and spectrum that is the focus of a new project in Finland.
The country has a long history in the development of Radio Access Network (RAN) technologies and wants to maintain this legacy as the industry shifts from 5G to 6G. The RF Sampo project comprises nine companies and three research organisations, including Nokia, Bittium, and the University of Oulu.
6G standardization
“Finland has a strong tradition in radio technologies which is in the core of wireless systems,” said Nokia’s Saila Tammelin, who serves as the industrial lead for the project. “RF Sampo targets strengthening Finland´s competitiveness in radio technologies while moving beyond industrial 5G and toward 6G.
“RF Sampo includes the development of radio subsystems, components, and algorithms. It also addresses the development of the ways of working that enable taking innovations into use faster, for example, by more efficient simulation and modelling methodologies. Solving challenges of more and more complex wireless systems calls for close R&D collaboration between companies and research organizations - to enlarge and renew the knowledge base and innovation capacity in Finland,”
RF Sampo will focus on making 6G radio technology as efficient as possible, harnessing the power of new frequency bands and antenna technologies, and create designs that will reduce 6G complexity. Specifically, it will investigate new RF technology for both 5G and 6G, including antenna structures, integrated circuits, new RF architectures, and algorithms.
Separately, Japan and the US will work together to commercialise technology for chip scale atomic clocks that will be essential to control and locate unmanned vehicles and drones in real time in a similar way to GPS. The hope is that the technology will be developed by 2025, and efforts will include a range of industries including the auto, mobile and timepiece sectors.
Given China will have a much greater influence over the development of 6G than previous generations of mobile connectivity Japan and the US hope to maintain leadership in standardisation.
Major Windows 11 update may bring a welcome macOS feature to File Explorer
A test build of Windows 11 has a rather cool hidden feature which allows tabs to be enabled in File Explorer to have multiple windows in one, similar to a web browser .
File Explorer has recently seen its biggest change in appearance by ditching the Ribbon interface for a more simple toolbar layout, alongside a refreshed appearance for its windows and folders.
But, managing our workflows on our PCs has become more important than ever. If you've got multiple File Explorer windows open at once, it can be a hassle to manage them, which is why this hidden feature of tabbed windows could go a long way to helping out so many users.
However, macOS users have been reaping the benefits of this for years, and it makes us wonder why Microsoft has been late to the pass for tabs in File Explorer.
Analysis: Tabbed File Explorer should already be here
Users in macOS have been able to use tabs in Finder, Apple's File Explorer equivalent, since 2013, with the arrival of 10.9 Mavericks .
The process is the same as a web browser; you hold ALT / Command and when you click on a link, a new tab will appear. It's very useful for when you're managing files across multiple folders without having to plaster your display with Finder windows.
But in 2022 with Windows 11, this is still occurring, and it finally looks as though Microsoft is listening to this piece of feedback.
Tabbed windows can be enabled for users who are on Windows Insider build 22581 and above. If you've not signed up to be a Windows Insider to help test early versions of Windows 11, we're expecting this feature to appear later this year in the upcoming ' Sun Valley 2 ' update.
The feature can be switched on by going to GitHub, downloading ViveTool , opening Command Prompt, and after browsing to where the ViveTool folder is, you have to input this command:
After you've restarted your PC, you'll be able to right-click in File Explorer and see a new 'Open in New Tab' command.
Once you get this working, you won't want to go back, as we're already finding in Windows 11.
It seems as though Microsoft is combing through every avenue of Windows lately, and noting down what may be needed in every app to keep it up to date with Apple, Linux and others. Tabs are going to be a big deal to many in File Explorer, where a display will just have one window with multiple tabs instead.
While it's certainly a feature that should have been in Windows years ago, it's great to see it finally arrive, and the days of multiple File Explorer windows could soon be a thing of the past.
Via WindowsLatest