A 16-inch laptop usually gives you a lot of room for a comfortable keyboard deck, but unfortunately, Acer chose to squeeze in a numeric keypad. Number crunchers and gamers will appreciate the feature, but this isn’t a gaming rig, and I’m sure most users would rather have larger keycaps and more generous spacing. Count me among them: To these fingers, the board felt a little cramped, which is a shame because the switches are light and snappy enough.
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The frustration continues when you get to the touchpad. It’s smaller than it could be, with too much empty space above and below. While it’s responsive, with quiet, confident button clicks, a haptic-feedback design would have been superior. Beyond that, the pad comes with an intriguing feature: embedded LEDs that respond to whatever you’re doing, such as showing media controls when you’re playing a video. It’s a nice touch that would be a lot more useful were the touchpad a little larger.
The webcam checks in at 1440p, with excellent image quality for videoconferencing. Under the hood, the Swift Go 16’s Neural Processing Unit (NPU) efficiently speeds up AI tasks, and the machine supports Microsoft’s full suite of Copilot+ PC AI features. Acer also includes its AcerSense utility that lets you control various system settings, like performance and the multi-control touchpad.
