Acer’s 16-inch Air weighs even less than a 13-inch MacBook Air

Here is a 176-word summary of the article: Acer is announcing a new Swift Air 16 laptop that is remarkably lightweight for a 16-inch model. Weighing just 2.18 pounds with an IPS display or 2.43 pounds with an optional OLED, the Swift Air 16 is even lighter than a 13-inch MacBook Air. It offers more ports than the MacBook and will start at a lower price of €999 when it launches in Europe in November. However, the Swift Air 16 makes some trade-offs to achieve this light weight. It is thicker than the MacBook Air at 0.63 to 0.65 inches. Its AMD Ryzen AI processor, while capable, is not as powerful as Apple's M4 chip. The laptop also has an outdated HDMI 1.4 port and a relatively small 50Wh battery that is expected to provide only 13 hours of video playback, less than half the life of Acer's larger Swift 14 AI model. Despite these concerns, the Swift Air 16 appears to be an intriguing lightweight 16-inch laptop option, though it will face inevitable comparisons to Apple's MacBook Air line.