Behold! This is now the thinnest laptop in the world

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Thin laptops are good. Though they aren't powerhouses, they've gotten stronger as the years have passed, and they've always taken a load off your back while you're on the go.

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A laptop as thin as the Acer Swift 7, however, is going for opulence as much as convenience.

It's not just slim - it is, as of this writing, the slimmest laptop in the world, measuring 0.39 inches at its thinnest point. That beats out HP's Spectre from earlier this year, and makes it the first notebook to crack the sub-centimeter mark.

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Let's take a look at the rest of the machine, which Acer on Wednesday unveiled at this year's IFA show.

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