Acer Swift 3 14" FHD Ryzen 5 Laptop
$529.99
$685.99
23% off
Reference Price
Condition: New
Screen Size: 14.0"
Top positive review
7 people found this helpful
Works Great with Mint Linux 20.2 OS - with some mods
By Luis Manuel on Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2021
This is a very fast, well-made computer for the price and features provided. I purchased it to run Mint Linux on a second, external Samsung 980 1TB SSD M.2 NvME Interface. I did have to update my Mint Linux 20.2 (Latest Release) with the 5.15.x (x=6) Kernel from "Mainline" Kernel Repository to ensure that my WiFi adapter was properly detected, the default Linux Kernel provided by Mint Linux 20.2 did not support the MEDIATEK mt7921 WiFi Network Adapter. I did have to disable the secure boot option in my Linux Partition using the Linux "mokutil" application in order to run the 5.15.x Linux Kernel (not signed) with WiFi support, please reference the following link for instructions/use: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1119734/how-to-replace-or-remove-kernel-with-signed-kernels. By using "mokutil" linux application you will not have to change your secure boot BIOS settings. I did not want to change secure boot in the BIOS since I am running Windows 11 Home in the internal NvME m.2 drive. I have been running Mint Linux for 3 weeks with the configuration that I purchased which has only 8Gbytes of RAM and it runs great! Memory use (RAM) is usually between 1.7 and 2.5 GBytes with multiple applications running, Mint Linux is very memory efficient. This is a great little computer, nice keyboard, display and good battery life, I recommend it if you are looking for a well-priced, quality laptop to run Linux and Windows 11.
Top critical review
1 people found this helpful
Solid little laptop
By Owner on Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2023
UPDATE 10/23/2023 I must retract the my review below and give this laptop one star for serious inconvenience. Shortly after my daughter started school she advised certain keys would intermittently stop working. I remotely accessed her computer and tried many things to resolve the issue. I was on vacation a few hundred miles away when she advised the problem got worse, so I drove to her school and confirmed the issue in person. I bought my daughter a Lenovo laptop from a local Best Buy and took the defective Acer laptop to try and get warranty support. I will update my review once I see how it goes trying to get the laptop fixed. Original Review I bought this for my daughter just before she left for college. I really liked the CPU, RAM, storage, and build quality. The laptop feels solid with no easy screen wobble. As with any non-custom built computer, it came with bloatware. The Norton bloatware was almost impossible to uninstall due to an interface resolution issue (I was not able to select the uninstall button since it was out of view). I ended up downloading a Norton removal tool from the Norton website. I removed the remainder of the Windows 11 bloatware that Microsoft now includes and the laptop was running quickly with no unusual lag. My only regret was not buying for myself during the Prime Day sale since it was an incredible deal.
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