WEBVTT 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:07.160 you know it's funny it seems like just yesterday I was making a video about the 00:00:04.240 --> 00:00:14.240 thinnest notebook in the world and here I am doing the same damn thing again 00:00:09.599 --> 00:00:17.199 meet the Acer Swift 7 it is even thinner 00:00:14.240 --> 00:00:25.089 than the old King while costing significantly 00:00:27.760 --> 00:00:33.559 less cooler Masters master case maker 5 00:00:30.960 --> 00:00:38.480 features their free form modular system allowing you to customize adjust and 00:00:36.160 --> 00:00:41.920 upgrade make it yours at the link in the video 00:00:39.480 --> 00:00:47.640 description so naturally today's video is going to contain a lot of comparisons 00:00:44.640 --> 00:00:51.399 to the previous finest notebook Champion 00:00:47.640 --> 00:00:53.840 the HP Spectre 2016 so let's begin then 00:00:51.399 --> 00:01:01.800 with the raw physical Impressions we will start of course with thickness or 00:00:58.600 --> 00:01:05.680 thinness is the Acer Swift 7 thinner 00:01:01.800 --> 00:01:09.200 than the HP Spectre the answer is yes 00:01:05.680 --> 00:01:11.520 was it impossible for me to tell without 00:01:09.200 --> 00:01:17.640 running down to the workshop for a level or a caliper tool also yes so then it 00:01:16.040 --> 00:01:22.479 would appear that we've arrived at the point where declaring one's device to be 00:01:20.240 --> 00:01:27.880 thinner is purely an exercise in bragging rights as opposed to a 00:01:24.720 --> 00:01:30.159 meaningful Advantage for the actual user 00:01:27.880 --> 00:01:34.320 so let's move on then on the bottom of the clam shell we find a unibody 00:01:32.040 --> 00:01:41.439 aluminum design with an aluminum bottom plate that is more rigid in my hands and 00:01:37.560 --> 00:01:45.000 squeaks less while it flexes making it 00:01:41.439 --> 00:01:49.079 feel more premium but that ends up 00:01:45.000 --> 00:01:51.479 actually performing worse in my Bend and 00:01:49.079 --> 00:01:57.960 see if it stays bent test than the specter's aluminum carbon fiber hybrid 00:01:54.680 --> 00:01:59.640 approach with that said it's definitely 00:01:57.960 --> 00:02:04.399 not the worst I've seen so if you don't keep bowling balls in the same backpack 00:02:01.960 --> 00:02:10.720 as your laptop this shouldn't be a huge issue and Acer comes back swinging with 00:02:07.680 --> 00:02:15.239 the display get it swinging like on a 00:02:10.720 --> 00:02:18.160 hinge anyway while HP may be very proud 00:02:15.239 --> 00:02:22.920 of their Fancy Pants hidden hinge in practice Acer's more traditional hinge 00:02:20.640 --> 00:02:28.400 design gives the display less Flex overall and more importantly brings 00:02:25.560 --> 00:02:33.959 screen wobble back down to a level that I would consider acceptable 00:02:30.720 --> 00:02:38.280 on the subject of acceptable let's talk 00:02:33.959 --> 00:02:41.280 about IO HP crushes Acer in this 00:02:38.280 --> 00:02:43.560 department with two Thunderbolt 3 ports 00:02:41.280 --> 00:02:49.760 each capable of carrying a display Thunderbolt or USB 10 gbit data signal 00:02:46.959 --> 00:02:57.879 and a third 5 GB USB port that doubles as a dedicated power input while Acer 00:02:52.879 --> 00:02:59.840 brings only two 5 GB USB 3S to the back 00:02:57.879 --> 00:03:05.200 end of its type-c connectors with only only one of them even capable of 00:03:02.280 --> 00:03:09.440 carrying a DisplayPort signal I mean this is still better than Apple's 00:03:06.640 --> 00:03:15.239 MacBook because at least I can use either of the included adapters HDMI or 00:03:12.799 --> 00:03:19.360 usba and or third party ones that I purchased at the same time as charging 00:03:17.159 --> 00:03:23.640 the device and at least it's got you know a headphone microphone combo Jack 00:03:22.400 --> 00:03:28.640 but um but this is about as barebones as it 00:03:27.040 --> 00:03:33.040 gets these days without being un reasonable Imo 00:03:30.680 --> 00:03:37.319 Acer does make up some ground and then also loses some when we make our way to 00:03:34.959 --> 00:03:43.439 the keyboard and trackpad the spectre's trackpad is simply put too small and the 00:03:40.239 --> 00:03:46.799 Swift sevens is especially by comparison 00:03:43.439 --> 00:03:48.319 glorious the extra width adds more 00:03:46.799 --> 00:03:53.560 convenience than I would have at first expected and once I turned off enhanced 00:03:51.519 --> 00:03:58.400 pointer Precision which is trash by the way and turn down the speed in Windows 00:03:56.680 --> 00:04:02.200 to a reasonable level I was actually really impressed with it the keyboard 00:04:00.480 --> 00:04:07.680 though is a bit more of a mixed bag for me the keys feel a bit spongy requiring 00:04:05.799 --> 00:04:12.760 a lot of pressure to press down but without much of a tactile feel though as 00:04:10.480 --> 00:04:17.359 far as typing speed goes while I don't like them they don't slow me down much 00:04:14.720 --> 00:04:20.400 so I can't complain too much about that so I'll complain about the lack of a 00:04:18.880 --> 00:04:25.120 backlight instead I mean how many fractions of a millimeter would that 00:04:22.040 --> 00:04:27.000 have cost me here Acer no 00:04:25.120 --> 00:04:32.440 backlight which brings us I guess finally then to specs and performance 00:04:29.320 --> 00:04:35.639 eight gigs of RAM DDR3 RAM by the way a 00:04:32.440 --> 00:04:37.759 256 gig SATA 3 SSD which was a 00:04:35.639 --> 00:04:44.280 noticeable downgrade compared to hp's PCI Express based model and for the CPU 00:04:41.320 --> 00:04:51.880 Acer has gone a very interesting route here opting for a 4 and2 watt Intel 00:04:47.840 --> 00:04:56.240 uclass processor so I've got a core i5 7 00:04:51.880 --> 00:04:58.880 y54 in mind instead of a normal 25 wat 00:04:56.240 --> 00:05:02.720 notebook chip but what does that mean for performance performance then well 00:05:00.960 --> 00:05:09.600 looking at a couple Choice benchmarks here we're going to be running anywhere 00:05:04.600 --> 00:05:13.400 from 25 to 35% slower than hp's beast 00:05:09.600 --> 00:05:15.160 but this comes with an advantage too so 00:05:13.400 --> 00:05:21.800 let's get into some of the more experiential stuff battery life for the 00:05:18.000 --> 00:05:25.000 Swift 7 is great and while cinebench 00:05:21.800 --> 00:05:28.960 certainly ran slower it also ran without 00:05:25.000 --> 00:05:30.800 turning on any kind of cooling fan and 00:05:28.960 --> 00:05:36.160 without bringing the temperature of the bottom of the unit above slightly warm 00:05:33.600 --> 00:05:40.280 to the touch which is damn impressive considering that it still has the power 00:05:38.240 --> 00:05:45.000 to do the sorts of things that most people are interested in doing on their 00:05:42.759 --> 00:05:51.520 Ultra portable notebooks like watching movies on the very good Gorilla Glass 4 00:05:47.680 --> 00:05:53.319 top 13.3in 1080p IPS display or using 00:05:51.520 --> 00:05:57.000 video chat applications to talk to their friends over the Internet that is 00:05:55.280 --> 00:06:02.440 provided their friends don't mind the potato quality of the included 720p we 00:05:59.800 --> 00:06:06.759 Cam and that they don't mind the unexceptional speakers that manag to 00:06:04.479 --> 00:06:10.759 make it to the 50% Mark which is good enough to watch a movie at home with a 00:06:08.400 --> 00:06:16.639 little bit of ambient noise without this subtle Distortion setting in the Spectre 00:06:13.759 --> 00:06:20.280 speakers are better there's more good news though there's nothing on this 00:06:18.800 --> 00:06:26.919 machine that I would consider to be bloat other than maybe the pre-installed 00:06:22.319 --> 00:06:29.720 Office trial the onboard mu mimo 2x2 AC 00:06:26.919 --> 00:06:35.199 Wi-Fi solution manages easily in Access of 30 megabytes per second sustained 00:06:32.400 --> 00:06:41.120 transfers on a wave 2 AC access point and I found the side positioned IO 00:06:38.520 --> 00:06:46.319 however scant more natural to use than the ports on the butt of the Spectre 00:06:44.280 --> 00:06:52.360 which means the conclusion pretty much comes down to price here sort of if you 00:06:50.080 --> 00:06:57.280 want the world's thinnest or second thinnest notebook then at MSRP the 00:06:54.720 --> 00:07:02.879 Spectre is positioned as a more premium product with faster performance better 00:06:59.639 --> 00:07:05.000 IO and subjectively more sex appeal if 00:07:02.879 --> 00:07:09.160 you want to save a few bucks and Dodge the screen wobble issues at the expense 00:07:07.560 --> 00:07:15.039 of Creature Comforts like keyboard backlighting Swift 7 is your go-to but 00:07:12.800 --> 00:07:20.680 bear in mind I said if you want the world's th notebook do you I feel like 00:07:18.960 --> 00:07:25.599 it's become a bit of a pissing contest at this point and I'd like to see 00:07:22.639 --> 00:07:31.160 products built to Target a use case rather than a z height measurement so 00:07:29.080 --> 00:07:36.160 let me know in the comments if someone built a notebook with a u processor with 00:07:33.560 --> 00:07:41.479 like the power of the Swift 7 but twice as thick that lasted for like two to 00:07:38.520 --> 00:07:47.280 three days of continuous use on a single charge would you be interested in that 00:07:43.919 --> 00:07:50.319 or tell me do you think Acer nailed it I 00:07:47.280 --> 00:07:52.360 really really would like to know 00:07:50.319 --> 00:07:56.759 here and you know what else I want to know why aren't you using tunnel bear 00:07:54.599 --> 00:08:02.120 you can try it for free it's the simple VPN app that makes it easy to browse 00:07:58.960 --> 00:08:04.199 privately enjoy a more open internet so 00:08:02.120 --> 00:08:09.440 with tunnel bear Turned On which is as simple as literally installing the 00:08:06.199 --> 00:08:12.440 program and then clicking one switch 00:08:09.440 --> 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