IFA 2016: Acer has announced a 1cm thick notebook called the Swift 7

Thin is definitely in as Acer showcased its ridiculously thin notebook called Swift 7. The 13.3-inch laptop runs on Windows 10 and has a thickness of just 9.98mm or 0.39 inches. This makes it thinner than HP’s super slim Spectre notebook which was recently launched in India.The laptop comes with an aluminum unibody design, a Gorilla Glass covered display and thin bezels. Now such a slim laptop would mean sacrifice on hardware, but Acer has it covered. The Swift 7 features the latest 7th-generation Intel Core i5 processor, 256GB of SSD storage, and 8GB of RAM. There is also an advanced 2x2 Wi-Fi 802.11ac and two USB-C ports. The 13.3-inch IPS panel comes with full HD (1920x1080) resolution, sadly no touch version will be available. Acer has managed to stuff a battery that is said to last 9 hours, which sounds impressive and quite possible thanks to the lower power consuming 14nm process of the 7th-gen Core processor. The company has also mentioned about the integrated Dolby Audio speakers, but with such low depth, we doubt that they will be high-end.The Acer Spin 7 is expected to go on sale from October 2016 starting at price of $999 (Rs 65,000 approx).