Acer is announcing a new laptop poised to rival the MacBook Air’s thinness and lightness - and in the process, it cops another laptop’s name. The Acer Swift Blade 14 (not to be confused with the Razer Blade 14, because why would you confuse a productivity machine with a gaming laptop unless you're reading quickly?) is a featherweight champion, tipping the scales at just 1.76 pounds (799g) and measuring as little as 0.51 inches (12.95mm) thin. That's about 1.7mm thicker than Apple's svelte 13-inch MacBook Air, but Acer's Blade is nearly a pound lighter. How did they do it? Carbon fiber, folks, in the top lid and bottom plate. Because nothing says 'premium' like borrowing from aerospace and Formula 1.

Under the hood, the Swift Blade will pack a range of Intel Wildcat Lake processors, from the lowly five-core Core 3 304 (which we tested in the Chuwi UniBook, so you know it's lowly) to the six-core Intel Core 7 350. Regardless of which chip you get, Acer pairs it with 12GB of RAM. So no, it won't go toe-to-toe with the MacBook Air's M5 chip in raw performance, but if you're the type who values a laptop that's as light as a bag of flour, this might be your jam.

The display? There's a basic 1920 x 1200 / 60Hz IPS LCD with just 300 nits of brightness, but you can spring for OLED options (up to 2880 x 1800 / 90Hz and 400 nits). The OLED versions make the chassis ever-so-slightly thicker, because nothing in life is free - not even thinness. Connectivity includes three USB-C 3.2 Gen 1 ports (one is data-only, because who needs power delivery on all of them?) and a 3.5mm audio jack. Acer is keeping pricing under wraps until closer to the December launch, because why let you budget in advance?

But wait, there's more! Acer is also announcing the Swift Air 16, a larger version of the Swift Air 14 that debuted at Computex. Despite its name, the Swift Air 14 was aimed squarely at the MacBook Neo, especially with its $699 price tag. For the Swift Air 16, we don't know the cost yet, but we do know it'll offer similar Intel Wildcat Lake chips, Thunderbolt 4 ports, OLED screen options, up to 16GB of RAM, and up to 512GB of NVMe storage. It's not as light as the Swift Blade 14, but at 0.53 inches (13.5mm) thick and 3.31 pounds (1.5kg), it's pretty svelte for a 16-inch. It's due in North America in Q1 2027 and other regions this December - because apparently, North America has to wait for the good stuff.