

The laptop is fairly quiet during basic tasks, but the cooling fan really begins to spin when it’s engaged in heavier lifting. With its high-end components packed into such a compact enclosure, the Swift X needs all the aid it can get to keep thermals in check. When you open the display, the hinges dip down below the bottom panel to provide a slight tilt for the keyboard for a more comfortable typing angle and to improve airflow. The Swift X’s power brick is also compact, resulting in a reasonable and eminently totable 4-pound total carrying weight.

Both are only 0.7 inches thick, and the Swift X at 3.1 pounds is a few ounces lighter than the 3.3-pound Envy 14. It’s roughly the same size as another high-powered 14-inch laptop, the HP Envy 14. The matte black plastic display bezels also earn a design demerit. The rest of the laptop is silver in color, resulting in a two-tone look that lends an OEM feel to the system. We received the gold model, but only parts of the laptop come draped in the hue: the lid, a narrow strip above the keyboard and the display hinges. The Swift X features a thin, aluminum chassis that’s available in three colors: Steam Blue, Prodigy Pink and Safari Gold.

Measured weight: 3.1 pounds (laptop), 0.9 pounds (AC adapter).Right: 1 x SuperSpeed USB 5Gbps Type-A, combo audio jack. Connectivity: Left: 1 x SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps Type-C, 1 x SuperSpeed USB 5Gbps Type-A (with power-off charging), HDMI 2.0.CPU: 8-core, 16-thread AMD Ryzen 7 5800U.
