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Build quality is very good from what I can see and feel. Nothing rattling inside. Feels solid and high-end in the hands like a piece of jewelry. That black and gold looks real classy in person. Some ignorant review on a third party site said that Acer used the "lower-end version of the seventh-generation" i5 processor, but let me set things straight, Acer picked the i5 chip that utilized three times less wattage. This gives us better battery life. There are only 2 models of the 7th gen i5 chips, and i5-7Y74 is the one we have here. It idles at 4.5W and thus produce very little heat, which is conducive to designing a fanless ultrabook like the Swift 7. Acer may be price competitive, but that doesn't mean they hire fools for engineers.
Here is a testament to Acer quality, my Acer Aspire AS7741G-6426 was bought in 2011 and is still going strong now in 2016. After an SSD upgrade, the Aspire boots faster on Win7 than my Win10 2015 SSD desktop tower.
USB-C to USB 3.1 dongles and HDMI adapters were included. No USB-C to Ethernet adapter but most ultrabook users rely on Wifi.
Browsing performance and multitasking is effortless. I had a dozen tabs and 5 task items up. I bought this for college, not gaming, so my expectations were met.
Sound quality is surprisingly good. I had earbuds on and could still hear sound coming from its speaker clearly.
The IPS display is better than my MB Air. The touchpad is responsive and very accurate. Finger gestures worked intuitively. Aside from some easily-removable stickers on the display bezel, nothing bothers me about my purchase.
Edit: If you buy this and the price drops somewhere else, say, Acer store site, your credit card may have a benefit called price protection, screenshot the invoice, the webpage with the new price, and file a claim with credit card. You can get back around $40-$50.
