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Acer Swift 3 i5-8250U/8GB/128GB for $679.15, i7-8550U/8GB/256GB for $849.15 w/ eBay Plus @ Bing Lee eBay

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Acer Swift 3 i5-8250U/8GB/128GB for $679.15, i7-8550U/8GB/256GB for $849.15 w/ eBay Plus @ Bing Lee eBay
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murkywater on 23/06/2018 - 21:07 ebay.com.au (2453 clicks)
Last edited 23/06/2018 - 22:56 by 2 other users
PLUS15

i5 Model with i5 8250u, 8GB ram, 128GB SSD

i7 Model with i7 8550u, 8GB ram, 256GB SSD

  • 1 type-C port, USB 3.1 G1 for file transfer only
  • 2 type-A ports USB 3.0, 1 Type-A port USB 2.0
  • HDMI port
  • 14" FHD screen
  • 1.52kg

Pretty good value for money I think! The i5 is $80 cheaper than the previous deal (https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/375995).

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  • Originality on 23/06/2018 - 21:21

    Wow this is really good.

  • wanderingeyesau on 23/06/2018 - 21:27

    the i7 link seems to have the product with 8GB ram, not 16 GB

  • tonee88 on 23/06/2018 - 21:49
    -1

    How is this compared to the Lenovo E480 and Asus F510? This one looks quite conparable

    • dyzfunctioned on 24/06/2018 - 12:28

      Also curious as it's much cheaper than the same spec'd E480 and lighter as well.

  • pennypincher98 on 23/06/2018 - 21:58
    +2

    Ummm, the Swift line isn't 2 in 1 - the Spin line is?

    • murkywater on 24/06/2018 - 00:05
      +1

      Yeah I got them mixed up. Sorry >.>

  • tonee88 on 23/06/2018 - 21:59

    Hhrrmm…how does one decide to get the i5 or i7 model ???

    • hippo2s on 24/06/2018 - 11:12
      +3

      general duties (and already plenty of power in reserve) go for i5. if you do video editing, or anything that required dedicated CPU time for long periods of time then i7, the benefit is you save a bit of time. i5 can do everything i7 can…just a little bit slower when doing heavy duty things like rendering, animation, Photoshop, gaming.

      There is actually down side to i7 if you don't need all the power, i5 will give you a little longer battery life in comparison if just doing light duty browsing, YouTube etc.

  • SS625 on 23/06/2018 - 22:00

    having issue with the discount code "PLUS15" on the i5

    • SS625 on 23/06/2018 - 22:04

      my bad, gonna get the ebay plus

  • Samsungnote10 on 23/06/2018 - 22:06

    Wow that is cheap. I just bought the hp version for $850

    And does inspired by Lenovo mean "we copied it"

  • BoomTetrisForJeff on 23/06/2018 - 22:08
    +5

    this is not 2 in 1

    • Steptoe on 23/06/2018 - 22:15
      +2

      Laptop & Notebook

      • baldur on 23/06/2018 - 22:18
        +1

        What? Isnt the term 2 in 1 used for touchscreen?

        • BoomTetrisForJeff on 23/06/2018 - 22:25
          +3

          i thought a 2 in 1 is a laptop which can fold back into a tablet form

        • baldur on 23/06/2018 - 22:27

          @BoomTetrisForJeff:
          Someone will enlighten us hopefully:)

        • Samsungnote10 on 23/06/2018 - 23:34

          Yeah that's why I Thoguht too and got excited and jealous. The title has been updated to remove 2 in 1

          So.its just a normal. Laptop

    • murkywater on 24/06/2018 - 00:04
      +1

      My bad guys! Don't know why i thought it's 2 in 1… ooft.

  • wanderingeyesau on 23/06/2018 - 22:29

    I ordered Lenovo E580 i7 this evening. How does this Acer Swift fare against Lenovo E580 or the Dell Inspiron 15 5000 or 7000? Any expert opinions?

  • stan-C on 23/06/2018 - 23:01

    Matebook x pro plz?

  • illumination on 23/06/2018 - 23:05
    +14

    I bought the i7 with the 256GB SSD from the last deal (same price). Here are my comments:

    • Pretty damn smooth performance. But you could argue this is to be expected for a new laptop that isn't doing anything processor intensive. I YouTube, whatsapp, Excel, Word on my computer (lol).
    • It is definitely not a 2 in 1. It does not have touchscreen functionality - but this is largely a good thing to me (coming from someone who's never had a 2 in 1 though).
    • Great battery life. I'd estimate that 9ish hours is realistic.
    • The fact that the "End" and "Home" button are the Fn version of PageDn and PageUp is annoying, but this might just be a personal thing because I use a lot of keyboard shortcuts; some of which require the Home and End button
    • There are backlit keys
    • Not used to having a power button (top right corner of keyboard) where I'm used to there being a delete button. Again, because of my habit of using keyboard shortcuts, I've pressed the power button a few times when I was intending to press the delete button. Good thing is the power button doesn't do anything from a tap. I think it only responds to long presses.
    • Touchpad is fairly large. This is generally a good thing, but one negative is that sometimes my palm taps part of the touchpad, thus making it register a left-click.
    • I find the fingerprint reader pretty poor at recognising my fingerprint. My point of comparison is my Xiaomi Redmi Note 4. This is the first laptop I've used with a fingerprint reader though, so poor fingerprint reader is still better than no fingerprint reader.

    Let me know if you've got any questions

    • tonee88 on 23/06/2018 - 23:10
      +1

      Thank you! I've been waiting for the Asus F510 to drop again but it seems to be going up and up.i think I may settle with this deal.

      • Snowy G on 24/06/2018 - 00:09

        Me too! Decided to go for this one instead as the F510 having a plastic body and no backlit keyboard was making me hesitant to buy it.

    • illumination on 23/06/2018 - 23:12

      Here's some more context for people to understand what my reference point was.

      I upgraded from a 3 year old Acer ES1-411-C1WD upgraded with 8GB RAM and SSD.

      Overall, a pretty good device. Not sure if it was worth it to me seeing as it was my first time in many years spending $400+ on a laptop though :P but not a bad purchase. After TRS/cashback, it would've been about $650.

      • jonnoyeo on 23/06/2018 - 23:35

        Cashback? Can't find cashback details?

    • Kooc on 24/06/2018 - 10:49
      +1

      Hi Illumination.
      I am trying decide between the i7 and the ThinkPad E480 Black (i5). If you have a moment could you answer a few questions about the acer swift that you purchased.

      -Is the fan noisy and have you found the swift to overheat?
      -I read a review that said that the screen is too dim, have you found this to be the case?
      -Can the ssd be swapped out for something larger?

      Sorry for any dumb questions, I am a novice when it comes to technology.

      Thanks

      • dyzfunctioned on 24/06/2018 - 12:25

        Also curious as to how it compares to the e480. Similiarly spec'd i7 E480 is on sale for $1139 atm so this comes out nearly $300 cheaper.

      • illumination on 24/06/2018 - 13:53
        +1

        Ok firstly I know very little about the E480.

        -Is the fan noisy and have you found the swift to overheat?

        Noisy, not at all. Overheat? No. But I don't think I'm doing things on the computer that are likely to make it overheat, so I don't feel I'm the best person to ask this question.

        -I read a review that said that the screen is too dim, have you found this to be the case?

        Not at all - but I have barely tried using it outdoors so again might not be the right person to ask.

        -Can the ssd be swapped out for something larger?

        Honestly not sure.

        • Tythefly86 on 24/06/2018 - 14:46
          +1

          You should be able to swap the ssd out in any laptop. You could either do it the hard way which involves cloning software and you need a separate computer to clone the factory ssd. If your separate computer is a laptop you would also need sata to usb adapters or if it's a desktop just sata and obviously available sata ports on your motherboard.
          Personally I would just try to reinstall the os as suggested here: https://www.extremetech.com/computing/261505-upgrade-larger-…
          Worst comes to worse something goes wrong with windows 10 key and you have to buy another one, which will cost you 5-10bucks off ebay for a legit one…

        • Kooc on 24/06/2018 - 16:06

          @Tythefly86: thanks for the information.

        • Kooc on 24/06/2018 - 16:08

          Thanks for the reply. I might just get the Acer, it seems to be the most convenient option at the moment.

        • tonee88 on 24/06/2018 - 16:20

          @Kooc: To avoid this I went for the 256GB model, unless you want to upgrade to a larger capacity. I bought it just a few hours ago, this thing looks heaps better than the E480!

        • Kooc on 24/06/2018 - 18:32

          @tonee88: You are right.
          I came to the same conclusion regarding my situation.
          If 256gb isn't enough for my needs an external hard drive should be fine.

    • hippo2s on 24/06/2018 - 11:15

      can it run CloudReady (ChromeOS) with everything working?

    • virhlpool on 24/06/2018 - 16:25

      Was MS Office included or did you have to purchase it?

      • illumination on 24/06/2018 - 16:44

        Oh crap I honestly can't remember. I turned it on very briefly and then clean installed Windows very shortly afterwards. I'll let someone else answer this.

  • lordra on 24/06/2018 - 00:52

    Does this only apply to plus members? Is it worth the membership cost? Yes, I do buy a lot from ebay.

    • OzSikh on 24/06/2018 - 03:29

      Sign up for free 30 days trail & then cancel it if you don’t want it

  • langitbiru on 24/06/2018 - 08:21

    anyone happen to know any good deal for 2 in 1 laptop tablet?

  • tonee88 on 24/06/2018 - 09:21

    Should get 1% Cashback on this as well

  • ibelievesyd on 24/06/2018 - 11:17

    How about this Acer Swift 3? 128GB SS+1TB, Ryzen 5, RX540

    https://www.jbhifi.com.au/computers-tablets/laptops/acer/ace…

    I have seen this one in store and liked the display which was with a gorilla glass.
    Have you guys considered this or own it?

    • ozdesi on 24/06/2018 - 12:20

      double the price, caters to a different market

  • [Deactivated] on 24/06/2018 - 12:12
    -2

    14"FHD, meh. I still like my 15" asus (after i changed to ssd myself)

  • dyzfunctioned on 24/06/2018 - 17:05
    +1

    Damn, went to buy and i5 out of stock.

  • jl434 on 24/06/2018 - 20:28

    So sad, i5 out of stock, would like to buy one for my parents

  • tonee88 on 30/06/2018 - 10:35

    Just received mine and WOW it's nice. Coming from a MacBook Air 13, it is very similar in size and weight. Beautiful narrow side bezals too!

  • lordra on 01/07/2018 - 13:50

    Mine is due for delivery tomorrow!

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