Acer's new laptops are so thin they make the MacBook look fat

BERLIN — Acer, one of the top PC makers, has two razor-thin Windows 10 laptops it wants to sell you.

Announced at IFA 2016, the Swift 7 and Spin 7 measure 0.39-inches and 0.43-inches thick, respectively. The bottom half of each laptop is barely thicker than a USB-C and 3.5mm headphone jack, which makes them even thinner than Apple's MacBook and MacBook Air at their thickest point.

Impossibly thin Swift 7

The Swift 7 is the less interesting of the two. It's a regular ol' laptop that weighs 2.48 pounds and has 13.3-inch full HD IPS display with no touchscreen and a full-sized keyboard. The trackpad is also extra-wide. Read more...