A budget laptop that manages to squeeze quad-core power into a reasonably slim-and-light design, the Acer Aspire 5 comes with a built-in advantage: Intel’s Optane memory, which gives the laptop’s traditional hard drive a serious boost. While its $499 sticker price entails some compromises (including a dim screen, no keyboard backlighting, and an extra pound or so), the Aspire 5’s solid performance makes it an enticing choice for productivity-minded bargain hunters.
Price & specifications
We tested the $499 configuration of the Acer Aspire 5 (A515-51-58HD), which comes with a quad-core, eighth-generation Core i5-8250U processor, a 15.6-inch 1920×1080 display, a 1TB hard drive, integrated Intel UHD 620 graphics (meaning don’t expect much in the way of gaming), and a somewhat meager 4GB of DDR4 RAM (which is upgradable up to 20GB). With those specs, we’ve got the makings of a reasonably powerful laptop for handling everyday computing chores.
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