The Swift 5 is Acer’s classic “ultrabook”: a compact clamshell laptop with a compact and light construction, modern hardware, a non-touch IPS screen, a backlit keyboard and overall no major compromises. As of late 2017 Acer updated the series with the SF514-52T model, a...
A few years ago netbooks were highly popular, as light, compact and inexpensive laptops you could easily lug around to school or work. They weren’t very well crafted though and didn’t perform that well either, so eventually faded away. These days there are still a...
If you’re interested in the Microsoft Surface Pro, you should also check out the product covered in this article, the Acer Switch 5 SW512-52. Much like the Surface Pro, this one is a Windows tablet with a similar form-factor, a kick-stand on the back...
The Acer Spin 5 is one of the best-buy convertibles available in stores, as an overall good product with an affordable price tag. There’s more about it in our review. As of the Fall of 2017 Acer updated it with a new generation, the Spin 5...
The Aspire Swift 3 SF314-51 is one of the best value laptops I’ve reviewed in the last 12 months, selling for under $600 with a proper Core U configuration, SSD storage and an IPS screen. As of mid 2017 Acer updated that notebook and we’ve spent...
There are quite a few gaming laptops available in stores for around $1000, and we’ve reviewed most of them here on the site, but it’s now time for one more: the Acer Nitro 5. This is a full-size laptop with a 15-inch matte IPS...
While this has somewhat changed recently, Acer laptops have been historically known for their affordable price tags and overall solid value for the money, albeit with a few cut corners here and there, perfectly normal for budget devices. This article is about one such device,...
Acer recently renewed their line of Aspire mainstream laptops, upgrading them in terms of hardware and slightly revamping their design lines. This article is about the 15-inch version of the Aspire 7 2017 (code name A715-71G), the top tier offer in this mid-range segment, starting...
Acer don’t have a long history of making dedicated gaming laptops, yet they managed to create some great Predator computers in these last two years since the series was released. Most of them are aimed at the high end gaming niche though, with devices like the...
A few years ago buying a gaming laptop equaled a compromise in performance when compared to a classic desktop computer, but that’s no longer the case these days, as the most powerful notebooks bundle components mostly on par with their desktop counterparts. One such laptop...
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon vs Dell XPS 13 9370 – best ultrabooks of 2018
Disclaimer: All laptops (including both black and white XPS 13 SKUs) were purchased with my own funds for this review. Going by most accounts, the best ultrabook of 2018...
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