Best Acer laptop deals: From Chromebooks to gaming laptops

There are a lot of great laptops out there, but if you’re looking for some nice budget options, Acer is one of the best laptop brands out there that has good ones. Interestingly enough, that includes gaming laptops as well, with options like the Acer Nitro V often going for less than $1,000 and some configurations going as low as $700 or so. As such, we’ve gone out and collected our favorite Acer laptop deals below, although if you can’t find what you’re looking for, we also have some great roundups of laptop deals, Chromebook deals, 2-in-1 laptop deals, and gaming laptop deals

Aspire 1 — $190, was $300

If you need something very basic just to get online and do some general productivity and day-to-day stuff, then the Acer Aspire 1 is a good budget option. It has a 15.6-inch screen with an FHD resolution, which is nice to see at this price point, and the screen bevels are actually relatively thin for a budget-oriented product. Of course, it does come with a lower-end Intel Celeron N4500 and only 4GB of RAM, which means Windows 11 is in the reduced S mode, but the lower spec does mean the price can stay really low too.

Chromebook Spin 311 — $195, was $290

It’s not often that you see 2-in-1 laptops at this budget pricing, and while that does mean you give up a bit on the specs, it’s worth it if you need a convertible laptop. It has an easier-to-handle 11.3-inch screen running an HD resolution, and the entry-level MediaTek Kompanio 500 CPU isn’t too bad, especially since ChromeOS is not as resource-heavy as Windows. The same goes for the 4GB of RAM, which would usually be a little too low, but with Chrome, it’s an acceptable amount.

Aspire Go 15 — $300, was $380

If you need a little bit more power under the hood, then you may want to go for the Aspire Go 15, which has an Intel Core i3-N305 under the hood, an entry desktop CPU that should more easily handle productivity tasks and day-to-day work. Even though it’s heavily discounted, you still get a 15.6-inch FHD screen to work with, as well as the much more reasonable 8GB of RAM, which will give you a smoother experience overall. That said, the 256GB hard drive is on the lower end, so you may need to supplement it with one of these external hard drive deals.

Chromebook Plus 514 — $300, was $400

Another great Chromebook option is the Chromebook Plus 514, which has an AMD Ryzen 3 7320C, which is an entry-level desktop CPU. It is great for a Chromebook since ChromeOS is a lot lighter than Windows. Similarly you get 8GB of RAM, which is more than enough for a Chromebook, and not only that, but it’s the latest DD5 RAM, so it’s even faster. That said, you do get a much smaller 128GB internal storage, which you’ll probably need to supplement with an external hard drive as well.

Nitro V — $800, was $950

If you want to game, then the Acer Nitro V is a great budget gaming laptop out there if you want something to start out with. It has an RTX 4050, a pretty solid 1080p gaming GPU, which is great because the screen is a 15.6-inch FHD panel with a 144Hz refresh rate, which will certainly push it to its limits unless you’re willing to compromise on the graphical fidelity somewhat. Even so, that’s not a dealbreaker, and for the price tag, you’re getting a pretty sweet budget gaming laptop.

Predator Helios Neo 16 — $950, was $1,350

The Predator Helios Neo 16 is the way to go if you want a larger screen to work with since it comes with a 16-inch monitor running a 1920 x 1200 resolution. That said, you do get the lower-grade RTX 4060, which is a mid-range GPU that should handle most modern games just fine at 1080p. You also get an Intel Core i9-14900HX under the hood, which is a great mid-to-high-end CPU, as well as a solid 16GB of DDR5 RAM to work with, although it only has a 1TB SSD, which may seem like a lot, but many modern games are quite big, so you might also have to supplement this with an external hard drive.