Acer Swift X 14 vs Apple MacBook Air M3

“It would be a weird time to switch. Apple is king of laptops right now in terms of performance and battery life. If you go elsewhere you'll almost certainly have to choose between the two. You could save a buck or two buy purchasing from Apple's refurbished store. But if I had to go Windows, I'd probably go with a Snapdragon X one. They are the answer to Apple's M-series silicon.”

“Haha, I know how it feels man. Unfortunate mistake though, it's not exactly your fault so don't beat yourself up about it. The lost money is a downside, but at least now you know what not to go for in a laptop in the future. Also, what the actual fuck is that dismal 42wh battery?! No wonder your battery life is horrible with that small ass battery. Definitely look for a different laptop and do NOT replace the battery. I use an Acer Swift X 14 (SFX 14-71G-55SR) and it's working wonders. Battery life on it is also shaky though, due to it having an RTX 4050 and an i5 13500H, but through some managing it gets you through the day. Performance is really good, so maybe look into that! I live in Europe and got it from Amazon for 1k on a lightning deal (original price is 1.4k) so it might be hard to find, but try your luck. If you're in America, you could find craze deals on Best Buy etc. so be on the lookout. If you're in Germany (the TÜV thing is German) then you could click on this: [ASUS Vivobook Pro 15 OLED D3500QC-L1351W cool silv - bei expert kaufen](https://www.expert.de/shop/unsere-produkte/computer-zubehor/notebooks/laptops/17044220125-vivobook-pro-15-oled-d3500qc-l1351w-cool-silver-notebook.html?campaign=idealo/se/17044220125-vivobook-pro-15-oled-d3500qc-l1351w-cool-silver-notebook&campaignid) It's the closest thing I could find with an actually credible review since I have a friend who uses it. Battery life is amazing, display is even better than your current laptop, and all in all it's an extremely solid device. Maybe give it a go? Do be careful of [expert.de](http://expert.de) though, I've heard mixed reviews about it. This again is Asus, but it genuinely is a good laptop. Lenovo has its own LOQ and Legion series with DGPU's, but they're gaming laptops so their battery life won't be extremely good (roughly 4 ish hours) so I wouldn't recommend it based on your needs, but they're decent laptops as a whole.”