I’ve Never Seen a High-End Laptop Sell for This CheapThis Acer laptop just won Best Buy’s Techtober sales event, sporting remarkably high specs for the price.
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As part of Best Buy’s “Techtober” sales event, I stumbled upon the best laptop deal I’ve seen in a while. It’s for $450 off the Acer Swift 16 AI (8/10, WIRED Recommends), costing $800. Now, I’m not saying $800 qualifies this as a “budget” laptop, but you have to check out the specs on this thing to see why I’m raving about the discount.
The laptop not only comes with 16 GB of RAM and a terabyte of storage, but also a 16-inch OLED screen with a 2,880 x 1,800 resolution. That OLED screen even has a 120-Hz refresh rate. You won’t find a 16-inch laptop with a display this gorgeous at this price anywhere else. Importantly, it also comes with an Intel Core Ultra 7 256V CPU, an efficient processor known for getting great battery life and decent performance. Our own testing resulted in 13 hours of YouTube video playback, which isn’t quite as long as other laptops with this chip. But as our reviewer put it, it’s likely good enough for most users.
