The Aspire 5 has a slimmer form factor, coming in at just 0.7 inches (17.95 mm). The laptop has a 15.6-inch FHD IPS display that has Acer BlueLightShield to reduce harmful blue light.

The 10.4mm HP Spectre on the left, and the 8.98mm Acer Swift 7 on the right. Sarah Tew/CNET That's great and all, but being the thinnest laptop in town isn't enough to keep my interest after that ...

As I unboxed the Swift 7, I honestly thought that the little black package inside was the instruction manual. It turned out to be the actual laptop. It really is that thin.

In Japan, the Aspire One will ship on Oct. 22 with Windows 7 Starter edition and cost ¥46,800 (US$553). Prices and launch dates for other markets were not immediately available. The laptop is one ...

Acer touts the Switch 7’s 13.5-inch display as being larger than most of the detachable tablet competition, and that’s a legitimate boast.

(AP) -- With the launch of Windows 7 this week, PC makers are trying some new things, including laptops with touch screens. Acer Inc. is going further - introducing a laptop with a 3-D screen.

Even the Acer ConceptD 9, another creator-focused laptop from the company that I reviewed, doesn’t quite match the ConceptD 7 Ezel for sheer complexity. Let’s start with the form factor.