Acer’s making a Qualcomm Snapdragon X laptop, too

On Monday, Acer announced the pending arrival of its first Copilot Plus PC: the Swift 14 AI, which is the Qualcomm Snapdragon version of one of its popular laptops. It will come in two configurations, and both will support a slate of new AI features in Windows 11, like Recall, Cocreator, and Live Captions.

One configuration comes with the base 12-core Snapdragon X Elite processor (the one without dual boost) and the other with the 10-core Snapdragon X Plus. Both have the same 45 TOPS neural processing unit, and both laptop models can be configured with up to 32GB of memory and 1TB of M.2 SSD storage.

Also, both will have a 14.5-inch (2560 x 1600), 120Hz IPS display, Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 4, plenty of ports (two USB-C, two USB-A, and one HDMI), and a 1440p IR webcam.

The Swift 14 AI is the most significant change to Acer’s Swift lineup since the company renamed the Swift 5 to the Swift 14 in 2023. (It also renamed the Swift 3 to the Swift Go that same year.) It’s why there are currently so many Swift 14s in Acer’s lineup, including other AI PCs: the Swift X 14; Swift Go 14; and Swift Go 14 AMD. The only non-AI laptop is the vanilla Swift 14 because its CPU doesn’t have an NPU like the others.

The Acer Swift 14 AI comes to North America in July, starting at $1,099. But it’s arriving in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa in June, starting at €1,499.