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hey guys this is Austin today I'm here at CES 2018 with what is the world's thinnest laptop this is the Acer Swift 7 if you remember actually did a video about a year ago on the previous version of this laptop which was at the time the world's thinnest laptop however 10 millimeters ha no one wants to use a laptop that's anywhere near that thing so this guy brings it all the way down to 9 millimeters to put things in context all you do is look at the ports so the thickness of a USBC port is pretty much the thickness of the laptop of course with a laptop this thin and light you do have to have some trade-offs and the ports are actually where that begins so on here we're really just getting a pair of USB seaports in addition to that headphone jack however because you have something that's so thin and light I'm willing to make some sacrifices even though it is very thin it actually didn't really sacrifice on the flexibility of the chassis so if I really try to twist it my hands here it really doesn't do anything which is nice the last thing I want is my laptop the snap in half in my bag because it was just a little bit too thin now as you would expect the Swift 7 is hardly the fastest laptop in the world but it still does have a seventh generation Core i7 processor paired with eight gigabytes of RAM as well as a 256 gig SSD now because it is so thin it is going to be the Y Series processor which does mean it can be fanless cover this is actually the only configure of the laptop there's no additional RAM SSD options anything like that what you get is what you get with this guy for the display it has actually surprisingly large 14-inch panel with a 1080p resolution while the screen itself based on first impressions looks pretty decent what's impressive is that as a touchscreen and that really shouldn't be impressive because it's 2018 and all laptops should have touch screens but there you go and you would expect there are some quirks here so something I've immediately noticed is that the backspace key is shared with the Delete key up top which is a little bit hard to get used to and you also share the caps lock with the tilde key but for the most part the keyboard actually feels pretty good even though there isn't a ton of travel especially pretty easy to get used to the trackpad is also interesting so on the surface that actually is not bad so you've got windows precision drivers and the actual tracking seems fine the problem is is that there's actually no clicks so when you actually go to do it you have to just tap it which I actually don't mind in a lot of trackpads but it is a little bit weird to have essentially no sensation we actually go for a full click on this guy one thing that does legitimately separate this from a lot of other laptops right now is that it has a built-in LTE connection so the model I have here doesn't have it working just yet the idea is that you will have a nano SIM slot on the side of the computer where you just put a sim card in and switch between networks fairly easily which especially for something that's this thin and this portable does make a lot of sense we also have a 720p webcam on board so you guys can judge the quality for yourself one thing is as with a lot of these ultra portable laptops the webcam placement being on the bottom is less than ideal unless of course you want to get some wonderful nose selfies the people take selfies on laptops right so because it is such a thin laptop the speakers aren't hugely loud but it does sound decent I'm totally sure where they're coming out though oh it looks like on the bottom here one thing you're really not giving up though is battery life so the Swift 7 should last for around 10 hours or so on a charge and on top of that it is also support a fingerprint sensor for Windows hello the Acer swift 7 will be available in late March for $1,700 so yes it is absolutely pricey but considering just how thin and how nice the hardware is for some people if you really want the best affordability it's not bad of course what do you guys think about the Swift 7 it's definitely not going to be for everyone let me know in the comments below and I will catch you on the next one