Acer is now trying to push back with the Swift Air 14 , a 14 inch laptop announced just ahead of Computex 2026. It starts at $699 and uses Intel’s new Core Series 3 chips , also known as Wildcat Lake. On paper, it looks like one of the first serious attempts to build a cheaper Windows laptop that can sit near Apple’s Neo without looking completely outclassed. The biggest question is performance. Acer is offering the Swift Air 14 with either a Core 5 or Core 7 Wildcat Lake chip, both...
