Acer Swift Edge 16 Review

Yuav luag tsis muaj leej twg yuav hu rau 16-nti Apple MacBook Pro rog dhau ntawm 4.8 phaus, tab sis Acer Swift Edge 16 ($ 1,499.99 raws li kev sim; mus txog $ 1,599.99) muab cov duab loj tib yam hauv ib nrab ntawm qhov hnyav - ntawm 2.6 phaus, Ntug tsim nyog raws li ultraportable, hnyav dua li qee lub laptops nrog cov ntxaij vab tshaus 3 nti me dua. Thaum nws tsis yog qhov pheej yig tshaj plaws uas koj tuaj yeem yuav, nws cov duab zoo nkauj OLED ua rau nws muaj txiaj ntsig zoo rau cov neeg sib tw zoo li MacBook Pro lossis Dell XPS 15 OLED, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog nrog cov khw muag khoom luv nqi feem ntau pom ntawm Acer phau ntawv (nws tsuas yog $ 999 ntawm Costco li ntawm daim ntawv no). Hmoov tsis zoo, Swift Edge qhov kev ua tau zoo yog qhov tsis txaus ntseeg thiab nws cov keyboard ua rau poob siab, ua kom nws los ntawm qib siab tshaj plaws ntawm cov khoom tsim tau lossis cov ntsiab lus tsim lub laptops.

Swift Edge 16 Configurations thiab lwm yam nta

Koj tsis tas yuav txhawj xeeb ntau txog kev nrhiav tus qauv zoo thaum yuav khoom Acer Swift Edge 16. Lub khoos phis tawj pib los ntawm ib qho kev teeb tsa, uas suav nrog OLED npo, AMD Ryzen 7 6800U processor (CPU), 16GB ntawm LPDDR5. nco (RAM), thiab 1TB solid-state tsav rau $ 1,499.99. Lub vev xaib Acer teev cov qauv nrog lub nrawm me ntsis Ryzen 7 Pro 6850U rau $ 100 ntxiv.

Thaum tseem ceeb hauv qhov hnyav, Acer yog qhov yooj yim slab tsim-ntse ntse. Nws tsis yog qhov thinnest nyob ib puag ncig, ntsuas 0.55 los ntawm 14 los ntawm 9.5 ntiv tes (HWD), tab sis nws yeej muaj kev sib tw ua tsaug rau nqaim npo bezels thoob plaws. Nrog ib tug ntaus ntawv no slim thiab lub teeb, sturdiness yog ib qho kev txhawj xeeb. Lub magnesium alloy chassis muab qee cov qauv nruj rau lub khoos phis tawj lub hauv paus, txawm hais tias koj yuav xav tias me ntsis flex hauv cov keyboard lawj (txawm tias tsawg dua qhov pom hauv qee qhov loj dua LG Gram ultralights). Lub hau nyias los yog cov zaub vaj huam sib luag yog qhov hloov tau yooj yim, txawm li cas los xij, thiab ua tib zoo saib xyuas kev kho mob.

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Ntim nrog pixels (3,840 los ntawm 2,400), 16:10 nam piv zaub yog tsim nyog tiv thaiv. Lub siab pixel suav ua rau muaj kev ruaj khov ceev uas txhua tus tab sis ua kom pom tseeb rau txawm tias cov ntsiab lus zoo tshaj plaws. Lub vaj huam sib luag OLED nqa lub DisplayHDR True Black 500 kev ntsuam xyuas, cog lus siab tshaj qhov ci ntawm ntau tshaj 500 nits thiab lub suab dub thiab cov xim tiag tiag ntawm OLED thev naus laus zis. Gamers yuav poob siab tias qhov kev tshuaj ntsuam qhov refresh npaum li cas yog capped ntawm 60Hz (lawv yuav poob siab ntau dua los ntawm AMD Radeon integrated graphics), tab sis nws tseem yog ib tug looker.

Tshaj li cov zaub, Swift Edge yog ntau dua lossis tsawg dua rov qab mus rau qhov pib. Cov keyboard yog qhov zoo tib yam verging ntawm cov neeg pluag, nrog rau qhov tsis sib haum xeeb wobble thiab yuav luag domed keycaps kuv tau ntsib ntawm cov nqi siv nyiaj Acer Aspire 3. Qhov no ua rau kev ntaus ntawv tsis sib xws. Tus cursor xub tuav, uas muab ob npaug rau hauv Tsev, Xaus, Nplooj Up, thiab Nplooj Down, tau ntim nruj ua ke. Thiab lub hwj chim khawm (uas lub teeb ci raws li tus nyeem ntiv tes) yog nyob rau sab xis saum toj kawg nkaus uas koj cov ntiv tes xav tias yuav pom tus yuam sij rho tawm-ib qho hloov pauv uas tuaj yeem ua rau tsis muaj hmoo. Muaj ob-theem dawb backlighting, tab sis nws tsis yog tshwj xeeb yog txaus siab saib.

Acer muab 1080p webcam uas nws cov duab zoo nkaus li zoo nkauj nyob rau hauv cov chav uas muaj teeb pom kev zoo, txawm hais tias nws tsis piv nrog cov webcams lossis smartphones. Lub koob yees duab tsis muaj lub ntsej muag lees paub rau Windows Hello sign-ins, tab sis tus ntiv tes sensor ua haujlwm sai.

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Lub Swift Edge 16 muaj ib khub yooj yim ntawm cov hais lus nyob hauv qab ntawm ob sab. Koj yuav pom lub grille saum cov keyboard uas zoo li lub tsev hais lus tau, tab sis nws yuav yog rau airflow xwb.

Kaum rau-nti laptops feem ntau yog hloov desktop es tsis yog ultraportables thiab muaj ntau qhov chaw nres nkoj dua li Acer no. Ntawm no koj tau txais cov chaw nres nkoj ntau dua li ib yam dab tsi zoo li MacBook Cua, tab sis tsawg dua cov phau ntawv tseem ceeb lossis lub chaw ua haujlwm txawb - tshwj xeeb, ob lub USB 3.2 Hom-A chaw nres nkoj, ib qho ntawm txhua sab, thiab ob lub USB4 Hom-C chaw nres nkoj ntawm sab laug. Txij li thaum AC adapter muaj USB-C txuas, nws poob siab tias Acer tsis tso cov chaw nres nkoj ntawm ob sab. Cov chaw nres nkoj USB4 tsis paub txog ib qho kev tsav sab nraud Thunderbolt 3 uas kuv ntsaws rau hauv.

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Lwm qhov kev sib txuas muaj xws li HDMI saib chaw nres nkoj ntawm sab laug flank thiab 3.5mm audio jack ntawm sab xis. Tsis muaj SD lossis microSD daim npav qhov. Kev sib txuas wireless muaj zog, nrog Bluetooth 5.2 koom nrog Wi-Fi 6E.

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Siv Swift Edge 16

Vim yog cov yuam sij me ntsis tshee thiab domed keycaps, kuv pom tias nws nyuaj kom tau txais kev nyiam ntaus ntawv ntawm Edge raws li kuv tau nyob ntawm lwm cov keyboards laptop. Kuv qhov kev ntaus ntawv nrawm tsis tawg 100 lo lus ib feeb (wpm) hauv Monkeytype raws li nws feem ntau ua, ntaus 96 wpm nrog 96% qhov tseeb. Kev kho cov ntawv nyeem tsis txaus ntseeg ua tsaug rau qhov me me, offset Rho tawm tus yuam sij thiab kaw nruj ntawm cov xub yuam sij. Tej zaum qhov phem tshaj plaws yog qhov me me sab laug Tswj tus yuam sij; Kuv pom kuv tus ntiv tes pinky tsis tu ncua tsuas yog ib nrab-nias nws yog li tus keystroke tsis sau npe. Lub Swift Edge yog tam sim no nyob ze qhov siv tsis tau, tab sis nws yuav tsum qeeb qeeb dua li lwm lub tshuab hauv qeb.

Lub touchpad tsis yog tshwj xeeb tseem ceeb, ib yam nkaus. Nws tsuas yog me me xwb, tsis ze li qhov loj npaum li lub ncoo Samsung nyem rau hauv nws Galaxy Book3 Pro 360. Kuv tsis muaj teeb meem nrog tus cwj pwm txawv txawv lossis tsis muaj zog xibtes, tab sis lub touchpad yog qhov nruab nrab ntawm qhov zoo tshaj plaws.

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Acer cov zaub yog lub hnub qub tiag tiag ntawm qhov yeeb yam. Lub vaj huam sib luag loj 16:10 muab qhov zoo tshaj plaws 4K saib ntawm cov ntsiab lus twg kuv rub tawm, los ntawm HDR cov yeeb yaj kiab mus rau cov ntaub ntawv loj thiab cov ntawv nthuav qhia uas tau txais txiaj ntsig los ntawm txhua qhov chaw tshuaj ntsuam. Lub Swift Edge screen yog qhov zoo heev rau kev ua haujlwm lossis saib video, txawm hais tias raws li tau hais los saum no gamers yuav tsis tau txais ib qho ntug nrog nws qhov qis tshaj plaws-feem ntau-tus nqi refresh npaum li cas.

Raws li kev ua tau zoo raws li lub vijtsam OLED, koj yuav xav ua khub lub laptop nrog lub mloog pob ntseg zoo, vim hais tias cov neeg hais lus tsis zoo. Lawv tsis tso tawm booming lossis nrov suab thiab lawv skew hnyav mus rau nruab nrab, tawm ntau yam uas xav tau nyob rau hauv siab kawg thiab me ntsis pom bass.

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Acer yog nto moo ua txhaum ntawm kev txhim kho ntau tshaj preloaded apps thiab shortcuts, xws li ib qho rau Amazon, Booking.com, Forge of Empires, thiab Instagram, txawm hais tias peb tau pom cov kab no ntau zuj zus rau txhua hom Windows 11 PCs. Swift Edge 16 yog qhov ua tau zoo ntawm qhov kawg ntawm bloatware spectrum, tsuas yog ob peb lub tsev siv khoom siv.

Kev Xeem Acer Swift Edge 16: Ib Lub Teeb Nyias-thiab-Lub Teeb Uas Lub Teeb Ntawm Lub Hwjchim

Lub Swift Edge 16 lub hom phiaj yog ntu hwm ntawm lub lag luam laptop, yog li rau peb qhov kev sib piv piv txwv peb tau sib piv nws tawm tsam tus hwm Dell XPS 15 OLED, featuring 12th Generation Intel Core i7-12700H CPU thiab Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti discrete graphics processor (GPU ). Samsung Galaxy Book3 Pro 360, tam sim no hauv peb cov kav dej tshuaj xyuas, khav theeb tshiab 13th Gen Intel Core i7-1360P nti. Ob tug lwm tus neeg sib tw yog tus nqi pheej yig dua, raws li Acer tus nqi txhoj puab heev: HP Pavilion Plus 14 yog tus nqi tsim nyog uas muaj tib lub CPU zoo li Dell XPS 15, thaum Lenovo Slim 7i Carbon ncaws pob Intel Core i7-1260P. Tag nrho cov tshuab no kuj suav nrog 16GB ntawm RAM.

Productivity Tests

Txhawm rau tsim kom muaj lub hauv paus rau kev ua haujlwm ntawm lub ntiaj teb tiag tiag, peb siv UL's PCMark 10 los sim ua cov haujlwm ua haujlwm txhua hnub thiab ntsuas seb lub khoos phis tawj ua haujlwm zoo li cas hauv chaw ua haujlwm xws li kev ua cov lus, kev nthuav dav, kev tshawb nrhiav hauv web, thiab videoconferencing. Peb kuj tseem khiav PCMark 10's Full System Drive test los ntsuas lub sijhawm thauj khoom thiab dhau ntawm lub khoos phis tawj lub khau raj. 

Peb qhov kev ntsuas ntxiv tsom rau CPU, siv tag nrho cov cores thiab xov, kom ntsuas lub PC qhov tsim nyog rau cov khoom siv ua haujlwm hnyav. Maxon's Cinebench R23 siv lub tuam txhab Cinema 4D lub cav los ua qhov chaw nyuaj, thaum Geekbench 5.4 Pro los ntawm Primate Labs simulates nrov. apps xws li los ntawm PDF rendering thiab kev paub hais lus rau kev kawm tshuab. Thaum kawg, peb siv qhov qhib-qhov video transcoder HandBrake 1.4 los hloov 12-feeb video clip los ntawm 4K rau 1080p daws teeb meem (qis dua lub sijhawm zoo dua). 

Peb ua tiav nrog kev sim rau cov ntsiab lus tsim thiab kev siv multimedia, chaw ua haujlwm tsim Puget Systems 'PugetBench rau Photoshop. Nws siv Creative Cloud version 22 ntawm Adobe lub npe nrov duab editor thiab ib qho kev txuas ntxiv uas ua haujlwm ntau yam thiab GPU-accelerated Photoshop cov dej num xws li qhib, tig, hloov pauv, thiab txuag cov duab rau kev siv lub qhov ncauj qhov ntswg, gradient fills, thiab lim.

Ntawm PCMag, peb xav txog 4,000-point qhab nia hauv PCMark 10 ib qho kev kos npe tias lub laptop yuav ua tau zoo (tsis muaj qhov xav tau) hauv kev ua haujlwm niaj hnub. Nws tsis yog qhov xav tsis thoob tias tag nrho tsib lub tshuab no tshem tawm qhov teeb meem ntawd, nrog Acer tsaws hauv nruab nrab ntawm pob. Hauv lwm qhov kev sim, Swift Edge 16 poob qis tom qab, yeej tsis txaus ntshai tawm ntawm qhov nrawm tab sis yeej tsis nyob ze rau pem hauv ntej thiab ua tiav ntau dua ib zaug. Qhov no yuav los rau qhov kev ua tau zoo ntawm lub taub hau ntawm nws AMD Ryzen 7 CPU, uas feem ntau xav tau cov kiv cua txias kom ncaws tawm. Kuv tau sim Edge nrog rau Galaxy Book3 Pro 360, thiab Samsung xav tau khiav nws cov kiv cua tsis tshua muaj.

Graphics Tests

Txhawm rau txheeb xyuas lub khoos phis tawj cov duab ua haujlwm, peb khiav ib khub ntawm DirectX 12 gaming simulations los ntawm UL's 3DMark, qhov tsis tshua muaj kev siv Night Raid thiab xav tau ntau dua Time Spy. Peb kuj tseem khiav ob qhov kev xeem los ntawm tus ntoo khaub lig-platform GPU benchmark GFXBench 5, uas nyuaj rau ob qho tib si theem qis xws li texturing thiab qib siab, game-zoo li cov duab rendering. Lub 1440p Aztec Ruins thiab 1080p Kev Sib Tw Tsheb Sib Tw, ua rau offscreen kom haum rau cov kev daws teeb meem sib txawv, cov duab kos duab thiab suav cov duab ntxoov ntxoo siv OpenGL programming interface thiab hardware tessellation feem. Qhov ntau thav duab ib ob (fps), qhov zoo dua.

Lub Swift Edge 16 tau los ntawm qhov zoo tsis txaus ntseeg, nrog rau nws cov AMD Radeon kev sib koom ua ke cov duab sib tw nws Intel Iris Xe kev sib tw, txawm tias tawm ntawm 13th Gen Galaxy Book3 Pro 360 (txawm tias lub tshuab ntawd khiav mus rau qee qhov yuam kev hauv ib qho kev sim). Tau kawg, txhua yam yog txheeb ze; tsis muaj kev sib koom ua ke cov duab platform yog qhov sib tw rau kev ua si tsim nyog rau GPU zoo li GeForce RTX 3050 Ti ntawm Dell, uas yuav luag ob npaug ntawm cov txiaj ntsig ntawm nws cov neeg sib tw hauv feem ntau ntawm cov qauv no. Kom paub meej, Acer tseem ceeb dua li XPS 15.

Roj teeb thiab Zaub Tests

Txhawm rau muab lub laptop lub roj teeb rau kev sim, peb ua si hauv zos khaws cia 720p video (qhov qhib-qhov Blender movie Kua muag ntawm hlau) nrog lub kaw lus lub teeb ci teeb rau 50% thiab suab ntim ntawm 100%. Peb xyuas kom meej tias lub roj teeb tau them tag nrho ua ntej kev sim, nrog Wi-Fi thiab keyboard backlighting tua. 

Peb kuj tseem siv Datacolor SpyderX Cov Neeg Tseem Ceeb saib ntsuas ntsuas ntsuas ntsuas thiab nws Windows software los ntsuas lub khoos phis tawj lub vijtsam xim xim - pes tsawg feem pua ​​​​ntawm sRGB, Adobe RGB, thiab DCI-P3 xim gamuts lossis palettes cov zaub tuaj yeem pom - thiab nws 50% thiab 100 % brightness nyob rau hauv nits (candelas ib square meter).

Thaum Swift Edge 16 tshuav ib yam dab tsi uas xav tau hauv kev ua tau zoo, nws tau txais qee qhov kev hwm rau nws lub roj teeb lub neej, nrog rau 11-teev runtime topping lub Pavilion Plus 14 thiab Slim 7i Carbon (txawm tias Lenovo lub vijtsam tau dimmer ntau thaum teem rau. 50% dua li Acer's). Nws yog qhov txaus siab pom lub khoos phis tawj nrog 16-nti, siab OLED zaub ntev ntev, txawm hais tias Samsung coj lub ncuav mog qab zib, kav ntev li 17 teev nrog lub ntsej muag zoo nkauj thiab muaj yeeb yuj OLED. Lub Dell kuj tau ua tau zoo, txawm tias mob siab rau GPUs nyiam ua rau lub laptop roj teeb lub neej.

Raws li kev pom zoo, Lenovo's IPS vaj huam sib luag kwv yees tau poob qis ntawm dazzling OLED cov lus ntawm lwm tus. HP yeej cov ntsiab lus rau cov xim zoo tshaj plaws ntawm tus nqi qis tshaj. Cov qib ci ci kuj tseem muaj kev hwm thoob plaws txhua lub tshuab; OLED panels 'lub ntuj-siab sib piv txhais tau tias peb txaus siab rau me ntsis tsawg dua 400 nits peb xav txog qhov xav tau rau IPS cov ntxaij vab tshaus.

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Kev Txiav Txim: Ib Lub Teeb Tiag Tiag

Acer Swift Edge 16 yog ib qho nyias thiab lub teeb zoo kawg li, tab sis nws tsis yog lub tshuab zoo meej. Nws qhov kev ua tau zoo tsuas yog middling, thaum nws cov keyboard, touchpad, thiab cov neeg hais lus tau hais ncaj qha rau tus nqi. Tseem, lub laptop lub vijtsam thiab lub teeb yuag yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws, yog li yog tias kev txav mus los yog qhov tseem ceeb nws yuav ua pov thawj tus nqi tsim nyog (tshwj xeeb yog tias koj tuaj yeem tau txais nws tsawg dua li daim ntawv teev nqi). Txawm li cas los xij, ntau lwm lub khoos phis tawj muaj kev sib tw ntawm tus nqi, kev ua tau zoo, thiab cov khoom zoo sib xws - tshwj xeeb yog HP Pavilion Plus 14 thiab Dell XPS 15 OLED - rau Acer no mus rau Editors' Choice Honors.