Pcworld iconPcworldSep 2, 2026 ~1 min source read

Acer’s new Swift Blade 14 might be the lightest 14-inch laptop yet

It weighed just 1 kg (2.2 pounds), limbo-ing under the 1kg bar like a feather. Put another way, if Acer somehow managed to repeat the process, that would put it at almost the exact weight of Apple's smaller 13-inch iPad Pro… without its additional, optional keyboard.

Acer’s new Swift Blade 14 might be the lightest 14-inch laptop yet

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It weighed just 1 kg (2.2 pounds), limbo-ing under the 1kg bar like a feather.

Put another way, if Acer somehow managed to repeat the process, that would put it at almost the exact weight of Apple's smaller 13-inch iPad Pro… without its additional, optional keyboard.

Intel designed its "Wildcat Lake" chip for cheaper, lighter devices and Acer's Swift Blade 14 (SFB14-53CF) takes full advantage of that with an Intel Core 7 350 chip inside.

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It weighed just 1 kg (2.2 pounds), limbo-ing under the 1kg bar like a feather. Put another way, if Acer somehow managed to repeat the process, that would put it at almost the exact weight of Apple's smaller 13-inch iPad Pro… without its additional, optional keyboard. Intel designed its "Wildcat Lake" chip for cheaper, lighter devices and Acer's Swift Blade 14 (SFB14-53CF) takes full advantage of that with an Intel Core 7 350 chip inside.

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  • (Acer is also launching a 16-inch version of the Swift Air 14, which it launched at Computex.

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Are we in a thin-and-light laptop renaissance? Acer's new sub-2-pound Acer Swift Blade 14 implies that we are. A few months ago, I balanced Acer's TravelMate P6 14 AI in my hand.

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