As a part of Finest Purchase’s “Techtober” gross sales occasion, I stumbled upon the very best laptop computer deal I’ve seen shortly. It is for $450 off the Acer Swift 16 AI (8/10, WIRED Recommends), costing $800. Now, I am not saying $800 qualifies this as a “budget” laptop computer, however it’s important to take a look at the specs on this factor to see why I am raving concerning the low cost.
The laptop computer not solely comes with 16 GB of RAM and a terabyte of storage, but in addition a 16-inch OLED display with a 2,880 x 1,800 decision. That OLED display even has a 120-Hz refresh fee. You will not discover a 16-inch laptop computer with a show this beautiful at this worth wherever else. Importantly, it additionally comes with an Intel Core Extremely 7 256V CPU, an environment friendly processor recognized for getting nice battery life and first rate efficiency. Our personal testing resulted in 13 hours of YouTube video playback, which is not fairly so long as different laptops with this chip. However as our reviewer put it, it is probably ok for many customers.
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Look, the Acer Swift 16 AI would not be my first selection based mostly on appears alone. It’s kind of chunkier than I might favor at 0.79 inches thick. There are definitely extra enticing and transportable 16-inch laptops on the market, such because the LG Gram Professional 16 (6/10, WIRED Reviewed). One other actually stable choice I am seeing is the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Aura Version for $900. It has a barely smaller 15.3-inch display, however it’s a match with the Acer Swift 16 for specs, together with the CPU and OLED show. The benefit is a prettier design and a a lot thinner chassis, at solely 0.55 inches.
Finest Purchase’s Techtober runs via October 12, which simply so occurs to align with Amazon’s October Prime Day gross sales occasion, also called Huge Deal Days. That being mentioned, there will probably be loads of nice laptops on sale throughout Prime Day, so be sure to verify again for the record I curated of all the very best laptop computer offers occurring this week.
