id="article-body" class="row" section="article-body"> Sarah Tew/CNET The 2019 version of the slim Acer Swift 7 was one of the laptops I've been most looking forward to reviewing this year. Ever since I first saw it at CES 2019 in January, it's been in the back of my mind as a potential smash hit, taking some current laptop trends to new extremes. Most notably, it squeezes a full-size 14-inch touchscreen into an even thinner and lighter body than last year's version.

The 2018 Swift 7 was one of my favorite travel laptops of last year, too, as it was incredibly thin and fairly light. This new version knocks it out of the water, at least design-wise, and it drew disbelieving stares whenever I showed it off.

How did such a tiny 14-inch laptop get even smaller? Acer took a scalpel to the screen bezels, while also redesigning the hinges, reducing the wrist rest, and shuffling some features, like the webcam, but not always for the better.

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