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Acer’s Swift Go 14 lived up to its name, being the first laptop to arrive in our labs with Intel’s Core Ultra inside (see p46). In the case of our review system, that means a Core Ultra 7 155H, giving us our first glimpse at both Intel’s eight-core integrated Arc graphics and the all-new neural processing unit (NPU). This trinity of CPU, GPU and NPU combines to great effect in this update to the Acer Swift Go 14, even comparing favourably with the 13in MacBook Air M2 (see issue 336, p50).
It does so without throwing away what makes Acer Swift laptops so attractive: their blend of portability and performance for a competitive price. The Acer Swift Go 14 I test here costs £1,099, with 16GB of RAM and 1TB of SSD storage, while £899 halves the SSD capacity and drops you down to a Core Ultra 5. Importantly, both versions come with a 14in
