IFA 2016: Acer has announced a 1cm thick notebook called the Swift 7

Thin is definitely in as Acer showcased its ridiculously thin notebook called Swift 7. The 13.3-inch laptop runs on Windows 10 and has a thickness of just 9.98mm or 0.39 inches. This makes it thinner than HP’s super slim Spectre notebook which was recently launched in India.

The laptop comes with an aluminum unibody design, a Gorilla Glass covered display and thin bezels. Now such a slim laptop would mean sacrifice on hardware, but Acer has it covered. The Swift 7 features the latest 7th-generation Intel Core i5 processor, 256GB of SSD storage, and 8GB of RAM. There is also an advanced 2x2 Wi-Fi 802.11ac and two USB-C ports. The 13.3-inch IPS panel comes with full HD (1920x1080) resolution, sadly no touch version will be available.

Acer has managed to stuff a battery that is said to last 9 hours, which sounds impressive and quite possible thanks to the lower power consuming 14nm process of the 7th-gen Core processor. The company has also mentioned about the integrated Dolby Audio speakers, but with such low depth, we doubt that they will be high-end.

The Acer Spin 7 is expected to go on sale from October 2016 starting at price of $999 (Rs 65,000 approx).