Nitros are Acer’s entry-level gaming laptops, devices meant to offer excellent specs and value for not a lot of money. In this article, we’re covering the 2019-edition of the Nitro 5 series, the 17-inch AN517-51 version. There’s also a 15-inch Nitro 5 AN515-54 model, which...
There’s no doubt you considered getting an Acer’s Predator Helios 300 if shopping for a good value mid-tier gaming laptop in the last years, something with excellent performance, latest generation hardware and a good price. As of 2019, Acer has completely revamped the Helios...
The Nitro series is Acer’s entry-level lineup of gaming notebooks, and the Nitro 7 is their newest model as of the first part of 2019. Unlike the Nitros of the past, this new addition is a little different, with a more compact and much...
This article gathers our impressions on the updated Acer Aspire 7 2019 line, a computer designed to offer performance in a compact and light 15-inch envelope. Unlike the previous Aspire 7 lineups, I feel that the A715-73G models target a completely different audience and...
Acer’s Predator Helios line includes some of the best value mid-range gaming laptops on the market, with popular devices like the Helios 300 and the Helios 500, both covered in previous in-depth articles on the site. As of the spring of 2019, Acer offers...
For the last years, Acer’s Nitro line of value gaming laptops stood proof that you did not have to pay a lot of money in order to get a pretty good gaming experience. It’s true they somewhat sacrificed on design, speakers and screen quality,...
Most laptop manufacturers offer some sort of series targeted at creators and graphics professionals, and as of the spring of 2019, Acer is also part of this game, with their ConceptD line-up. ConceptD notebooks are available in three different flavors, the entry-tier ConceptD 5,...
While Chromebooks were initially launched as inexpensive alternatives to Windows laptops, they’ve come a long way in recent years, both in terms of the OS’s capabilities, but also in terms of the overall hardware quality. Acer have been one of the spearheads in promoting...
We’ve spent some time with the Acer Spin 3 SP314-52, the late-2018 update of the previous Spin 3 SP314-51 generation, in the last weeks and gathered our impressions down below, with the positives and the quirks. This is an entry-level convertible laptop, with a...
This article is a detailed review of the Acer Predator Triton 500 PT515-51, in the top-specked configuration with a Core i7 processor, Nvidia RTX 2080 Max-Q graphics, 32 GB of RAM and two SSDs in Raid0. The Triton 500 is a brand-new design and...
In this article we’re going to talk about the lightest 15-inch laptop available as of the Fall of 2018, the Acer Swift 5 SF515-51. I’m highly skeptical around any device associated with the words “lightest” or “thinnest”, but this one is actually a pretty...
We don’t often review Chromebooks here, but I’ve spent time with a handful of them over the years and witnessed how their functionality has evolved. This article is about one of the premium-tier Chromebooks of the moment, and also one of the fastest: the...
We’ll talk about the Acer Predator Helios 500 in this article, a full-size 17-inch gaming laptop and direct follow-up of the Predator 17 line. This is the kind of laptop you should look for if you don’t want to compromise on performance or the...
This article gathers all our impressions of the late-2018 update of the Acer Swift 3 15-inch laptop. The Swift 3 is Acer’s entry-level series of standard clamshell laptops and includes entry and mid-range devices for budget-oriented shoppers. The 2017 15-inch Swift 3s are some...
If you’re shopping for an all-day laptop with an affordable price, there’s a good chance you already came upon one of the existing Acer Swift 3s. The original Swift 3 was an excellent notebook at its time, the follow-up was a solid performer as...
Surface Laptop 3 15 vs Dell XPS 15, ThinkPad X1 Extreme/P1 and MacBook Pro 15
Microsoft’s Surface Laptops have been some of the more popular ultrabooks of the last few years. With the 3rd generation, Microsoft added a full-size 15-inch Surface Laptop 3 alongside...
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