Acer Swift 7 SF713 (13.3-Inch, 2017)

Thinnest laptop around ; Powerful display ; Surprisingly strong usability ; 4G SIM support

Limited connectivity ; Restrictive performance ; Not quite as 'compact' as rivals

Although very slim and nice-looking, the Acer Swift 7 isn’t the most portable laptop around, while also underperforming compared with rivals.

Excellent design ; Built-in LTE option ; Decent battery life

Touchpad doesn’t click ; Awfully weak performance for price ; Poor webcam placement ; Lacking audio

Between a touchpad that doesn’t click and its aging, fanless processor, the Acer Swift 7 is an absolutely gorgeous Ultrabook – the ‘world’s thinnest,’ in fact – that we simply can’t recommend in a sea of laptops that are far more powerful and not much...

Great build quality ; It’s very slim

Weird non-clicky trackpad ; Very expensive ; Older and less powerful CPU ; Low screen resolution for the price

The Swift 7 is thin, really thin. But it’s also expensive, underpowered and a bit annoying in places.

Firm-feeling build, good screen contrast, a large trackpad and a lower price than some

Limited connections, processor prioritises efficiency over performance, no backlight keyboard

The Acer Swift 7 is one of the thinnest laptops in the world, and it costs a bit less than some in this class. Add a good trackpad, a decent screen and a solid-if-shallow keyboard and you have a great ultra-portable machine for work and the sorts of...

Whether the Acer Swift 7 is the right laptop for you depends on how much you care about its 10mm thickness. If you don’t mind adding a millimetre or five, you can get laptops with more power and better connectivity for the same price. Hardcore users...

This is an insanely thin 13-inch laptop, in an eye-catching gray-and-gold design with an extra-wide touchpad. It has one of Intel's newest CPUs.

The tiny keyboard keys don't feel especially premium, and this isn't the fastest slim 13-inch in the bunch. The 1,920x1,080-pixel screen doesn't support touch, and the only ports are USB-C.

It's hard to argue with a 13-inch laptop under 10mm thick. The Acer Swift 7 wins on that front, but other laptops offer more power and features while adding just a few millimeters of bulk.

Yes, the Acer Swift 7 is the world’s thinnest laptop, and it manages good battery life. But its svelte styling comes with a last-gen CPU, a touchpad with no click, and an oddly oddly jumbled keyboard.