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you know the saying all that glitters is not gold that's how I feel about the Acer Swift 3 featuring a stylish aluminum design that's only 18 millimeters thin it looks like it could be an expensive notebook from far away it's glass front panel with protective rubber strip and chamfered edges weren't some superficial comparison for the MacBook Pro with models starting at $500 it's one of the only affordable laptops you can buy with an all-metal design that's this cool looking and has this many ports but spend some quality time with the Acer and you'll understand why it's not quite a premium laptop it's 1080p HD screen which can hold back 180 degrees is satisfyingly sharp in resolution but its luminosity is too dim the maximum brightness setting is too low and it does nothing to help deflect the many reflections the glossy screen attracts another disappointment is its shallow keyboard it's just not comfortable to type on for some reason the cursor keys are all cramped on the bottom right corner and the chamfered edges closest to the keyboard feel uncomfortably sharp it also has a short battery life it lasts at 11 hours in our video streaming test but I was only able to get about three and a half to four hours of battery life when using the laptop brannad I was doing a lot of web browsing and streaming video but I used it the same amount as I would any laptop during the workday lasting about half a workday is just unacceptable for me the Acer Swift 3 has an impressively stylish construction and it's worth a look if an affordable laptop that the sharp design is your main goal but if you just want a cheap notebook you're better off looking elsewhere