Swift 3 SF314-43-R6NE Laptop | 14" FHD IPS | AMD Ryzen 7 5700U Octa-Core Processor | AMD Radeon Graphics | 16GB LPDDR4X | 512GB SSD | Wi-Fi 6 | Fingerprint Reader | Copilot Enabled | Windows 11

An excellent PC laptop at this price. However, two omissions, one truly frustrating, prevents a top rating. Most aggravating: no hardware indication that CAPS LOCK is on! No indicator light. You find out when your repeated password entry attempts fail! Acer thought that a software-based symbol that flashes on the screen for one second would be sufficient. Not only does that not take into account not noticing in time, or forgetting, but it doesn't even work. It did when I first launched the computer, then never again. Tech support guided me to installing something, which brought it back, not not after the next time I started up. My solution is to keep Note Pad on standby to test the keys before entering anything that is case sensitive. I become angry every time!The second aggravation is the lighted keyboard. That's normally a good thing if you need it. Unfortunately, it defaults to ON no matter how bright the environment, and it is VERY BRIGHT. So, every time I start the computer, my first step is to toggle the backlight off because it is harder to see the illuminated letters in light conditions than if they are black. Since I don't start my computer in complete darkness, it would be much less annoying to turn the backlight on if needed as the default behavior but I've found nothing in the settings to do that.It's a shame to let these two omissions spoil the user experience. I tolerate it because the price was right, I only use this laptop for ham radio and electronics apps, and my main computer is a MAC.

We got a previous model of this when we sent our daughter off to school, and it was perfect - so had no hesitation in getting this upgraded model for our son now that it's his turn. It's light weight, has great performance (for any real school work, not heavy duty, graphically intense gaming), and excellent battery life. The extended third party warranty is well worth its price too. Both are highly recommended!