Strong game performance for the price. Lots of ports. The keyboard and touchpad punch above their weight. Decent build quality. Unheard-of value. The included 135-watt charger isn't sufficient. The ...

CNET’s expert staff reviews and rates dozens of new products and services each month, building on more than a quarter century of expertise. Acer's latest iteration of the Swift Go 16 line spans a wide ...

You can get much better laptops than the Acer Aspire 14 AI, but it brings a lot to the table at $699. Aside from its bland display, it doesn’t really fumble anywhere too badly. As a result, it proves ...

Packs discrete graphics into a reasonably compact package. Ample connectivity options. Very hot. Even louder. Performance could be better. So could battery life. Laptops get hot, and when laptops get ...

Since the dawn of time, gaming laptops have relied on third-party controllers or the trusty mouse/keyboard combo. Acer, however, could be looking to change this paradigm. The company just announced a ...

Acer is a name that has been in the PC business for a long time and has a reputation for being a champion of Chromebooks and less expensive hardware. That’s not a bad thing—much of Acer’s market is in ...

Managing Editor Josh Goldman is a laptop expert and has been writing about and reviewing them since built-in Wi-Fi was an optional feature. He also covers almost anything connected to a PC, including ...

In recent decades, Acer has grown into one of the premiere forces dominating the computer and electronics industry alongside juggernauts like Dell and HP. The tech giant is well-regarded for its line ...

Use the following fixes if your Acer laptop touchpad is not working. Before proceeding, we suggest you check for Windows Update manually. Install the update (if available). Use the dedicated keyboard ...

At the center of the Chromebook 315 is an unexceptional display. It’s a 15.6-inch, full HD (1,920-by-1,080-pixel) touch screen with an IPS panel. Thanks to the display's anti-glare coating, it’s easy ...

In October 2022, we reviewed a 16-inch business laptop with an AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 6850U CPU, 16GB of RAM, a 512GB solid-state drive, and a 1,920-by-1,200-pixel display. Today, we're reviewing another one ...

Acer's Nitro 5 gaming laptop lineup isn't one I've found terribly appealing in the past. In fact, previous Nitro 5 models have accounted for some of my lowest scoring reviews. But for the last two ...