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The Aspire 3 was already affordable, but if you're okay with a refurbished option, you can get one for less than half the original price right now.
Image: IDG / Matthew Smith
If you’ve been looking for a fantastic deal on a solid budget laptop, this is it. Let your fingers do the walking over to eBay, where the official Acer store is offering a refurbished 15-inch model with 16GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD for just $234.59. That’s over 50% off the retail price.
The Acer Aspire 3 is definitely a budget design, with a somewhat outdated AMD 7520U quad-core processor. It’s not going to be a benchmark monster, as it’s comparable to the least-expensive Intel Core i3 chips. Even the integrated graphics—normally a highlight of AMD designs—didn’t wow us in our Acer Aspire 3 review. But the build quality is solid, plus 16GB of DDR5 RAM and a 1TB SSD are generous even at the original price, unheard of at this discounted price. You also get decent connection options with USB-A, USB-C, and HDMI.
A 15.6-inch 1080p screen is more than servicable for most tasks, though it lacks a touchscreen, and you also won’t get Windows Hello with lack of a fingerprint reader and face scanner on the 720p webcam. Battery life is also a little underwhelming at 6 to 8 hours of normal use.
All that might seem like a downer, and perhaps it would be for a standard-priced laptop. But at well under $300, I’d say all of those are acceptable trade-offs for value. (After all, it’s damn near impossible to find a Windows 11 laptop with adequate RAM and storage for under $250.) The refurbished status is a bit of a ding, but coming directly from Acer helps alleviate it, as does the one-year Allstate warranty. That’s much better than the typical 90 days you get with a refurb.
If you’re not swayed, then be sure to check out PCWorld’s roundup of the best laptops on the market. But if you’re ready to buy, get one quickly. Discounts this steep tend to sell out fast, and Acer won’t have an unlimited supply of refurbished laptops that qualify for this sale.
Get a 15-inch Acer laptop with 16GB RAM for absurdly cheap
Buy now via eBay
Author: Michael Crider, Staff Writer, PCWorld
Michael is a 10-year veteran of technology journalism, covering everything from Apple to ZTE. On PCWorld he's the resident keyboard nut, always using a new one for a review and building a new mechanical board or expanding his desktop "battlestation" in his off hours. Michael's previous bylines include Android Police, Digital Trends, Wired, Lifehacker, and How-To Geek, and he's covered events like CES and Mobile World Congress live. Michael lives in Pennsylvania where he's always looking forward to his next kayaking trip.
Recent stories by Michael Crider:
Image: IDG / Matthew Smith
If you’ve been looking for a fantastic deal on a solid budget laptop, this is it. Let your fingers do the walking over to eBay, where the official Acer store is offering a refurbished 15-inch model with 16GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD for just $234.59. That’s over 50% off the retail price.
The Acer Aspire 3 is definitely a budget design, with a somewhat outdated AMD 7520U quad-core processor. It’s not going to be a benchmark monster, as it’s comparable to the least-expensive Intel Core i3 chips. Even the integrated graphics—normally a highlight of AMD designs—didn’t wow us in our Acer Aspire 3 review. But the build quality is solid, plus 16GB of DDR5 RAM and a 1TB SSD are generous even at the original price, unheard of at this discounted price. You also get decent connection options with USB-A, USB-C, and HDMI.
A 15.6-inch 1080p screen is more than servicable for most tasks, though it lacks a touchscreen, and you also won’t get Windows Hello with lack of a fingerprint reader and face scanner on the 720p webcam. Battery life is also a little underwhelming at 6 to 8 hours of normal use.
All that might seem like a downer, and perhaps it would be for a standard-priced laptop. But at well under $300, I’d say all of those are acceptable trade-offs for value. (After all, it’s damn near impossible to find a Windows 11 laptop with adequate RAM and storage for under $250.) The refurbished status is a bit of a ding, but coming directly from Acer helps alleviate it, as does the one-year Allstate warranty. That’s much better than the typical 90 days you get with a refurb.
If you’re not swayed, then be sure to check out PCWorld’s roundup of the best laptops on the market. But if you’re ready to buy, get one quickly. Discounts this steep tend to sell out fast, and Acer won’t have an unlimited supply of refurbished laptops that qualify for this sale.
Get a 15-inch Acer laptop with 16GB RAM for absurdly cheap
Buy now via eBay
Author: Michael Crider, Staff Writer, PCWorld
Michael is a 10-year veteran of technology journalism, covering everything from Apple to ZTE. On PCWorld he's the resident keyboard nut, always using a new one for a review and building a new mechanical board or expanding his desktop "battlestation" in his off hours. Michael's previous bylines include Android Police, Digital Trends, Wired, Lifehacker, and How-To Geek, and he's covered events like CES and Mobile World Congress live. Michael lives in Pennsylvania where he's always looking forward to his next kayaking trip.
Recent stories by Michael Crider:
