Acer Swift 5 announced at IFA 2018 as the world’s lightest 15-inch laptop Acer has unveiled its new lineup of laptops, monitors and peripherals at this year’s IFA 2018 conference in Berlin, including a radically improved Acer Swift 5, which the company claims is the world’s lightest 15-inch notebook. The Acer Swift 5 (SF515-51T), to give it its full name, weighs just 990 grams (2.2 pounds). It comes with a magnesium-lithium alloy body, so it’s robust as well as light, and it comes with 8th-generation Intel Core i7 and i5 processors. We had some brief hands-on time with the laptop earlier this year, and we were very impressed by how light it was . At IFA 2018, Acer revealed that the Acer Swift 5 will be available in North America with a price tag starting at $1,099 (around £900, AU$1,500); we’ve asked Acer to confirm UK and Australian availability and prices. Laptops galore While the Acer Swift 5 is arguably the most exciting laptop Acer showed off at IFA, the company also announc...
