I’ve been using the Acer Swift 3 in my studio and day to day work flow for over a year now. It’s thin, light, has great battery life, but there were two things I did not like about it that another laptop that recently arrived in my studio. I’m talking about the HP ProBook 630 G8. ►⏩►⏩ Check specs and pricing in the links below…
💻 HP ProBook 630 G8 ( [ Ссылка ] - Commission Earned )
💻 Acer Swift 3 ( [ Ссылка ] - Commission Earned )
Let's talk about it, the HP ProoBook 630 G8 Vs the Acer Swift 3, which one is right for you?
The Acer Swift 3 and the HP ProBook 630 G8 come in a smaller form factor but have different screen sizes. The Acer Swift 3 has slightly thinner bezels and overall a slightly bigger screen at 14 inches. Whereas the HP ProBook comes with a 13.3 inch display.
Regarding the aluminum build quality you will find both laptops nearly the same density and build quality. The Swift 3 has more rounded edges than the ProBook. I like the ProBooks sharper edges, they won’t cut you or anything of that nature, but it makes the ProBook have a little more aggressive professional look over the Swift 3.
The Acer Swift 3 is 0.63 inches thick at 2.65 Lbs and the HP ProBook 630 G8 is 0.62 inches thick at 2.51 Lbs.
The Keyboard deck is where things get real easy to identify a winner. The ProBook has an incredible soft-touch key caps and very responsive keys. This keyboard is the same keyboard that can be found on the HP Omen which may in fact be my current favorite keyboard in the market. It is quiet, the keys are incredibly comfortable to the touch, and each key is extremely stable giving you a satisfying snappy response when activated. The reason this is so and a perfect comparison is the Swift 3 because this is one area it is lacking.
When I slide my finger back and forth over the key of the Swift 3 there is a lot of wobble. So when I hold my finger over the edge of the key I can already begin to feel it depress. So whenever I go to press the key it feels mushy and does not pop back up quickly.
Whereas on the HP ProBook keyboard, the keys are very stable. There is no mushy feeling when my fingers are resting on the keys and when I push the key down to activate it there is a firm even resistance to my press. When released it snaps back quickly and the keypress is very satisfying.
The trackpad is also an area that I have not necessarily been a fan of the past year using the Swift 3. I’ve noticed it misses clicks from time to time, is not great at dragging and dropping objects, plus it also feels slightly mushy, similar to the key caps.
The HP ProBook on the other hand is responsive and snappy, has not had noticeable miss clicks, and drags and drops objects well. It is again very reminiscent of the HP Omen, however slightly smaller and does not have that epic tacky feeling like the Omen trackpad does.
The HP ProBook 630 can reach a color gamut range of 68% sRGB - 50% Adobe RGB - 50% DCI-P3.
The Acer Swift 3 can a color gamut range of 64% sRGB - 47% Adobe RGB - 47% DCI-P3.
The Swift 3 comes with:
Type-A USB 3.2 Gen 1 (Power-off charging)
Type-A USB 2.0
USB-C 3.1 (DisplayPort + USB charging)
HDMI 2.0
Mic/headphone combo
And the HP ProBook 630 comes with:
Type-C USB 3.2 Gen 2 (DisplayPort + USB charging)
x2 Type-A USB 3.2 Gen 2 (Power-off charging)
HDMI 2.0
SC (SmartCard) Slot
Mic/headphone combo
The Acer Swift 3 I am reviewing comes with:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 4700U (8 Cores 8 Threads)
GPU: AMD Radeon 7 Graphics (Renoir)
RAM: 8GB DDR4
Storage: 512GB NVMe SSD
Whereas the HP ProBook 630 comes with:
CPU: Intel 11th Gen Core i7-1165G7 (4 Cores 8 Threads)
GPU: Intel Iris Xe
RAM: 16GB DDR4
Storage: 512GB NVMe SSD
Both of these laptops would make really solid 1080p video editing laptops with medium to complex projects. I think these are great laptops to get started on video editing passion projects and YouTube. I don’t recommend them for 4k. I ran both of these laptops through my 4k benchmarking tests and they struggled to perform at a suitable level to get my recommendation.
Normally this is the part of the video where I would celebrate each laptop but to be honest they are so close (outside of the amazing keyboard and trackpad on the ProBook) that I want you to make a decision without any more input.
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