With its affordable price, decent performance, and robust build, the Acer Aspire 5 is a great budget option for most people. Are you in the market for Windows laptop? Don’t want to spend more than ...

The Acer Aspire 5, in many aspects, stands as a testament to what a mid-range laptop can offer. Its build quality, I/O support, and performance metrics, especially with the Intel 13th Gen Core ...

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The Core i3-powered version of the Acer Aspire 5 offers middling speed, and we wish it had more storage, but this still manages to find the sweet spot between size, power, and price. It won’t win any ...

The Acer Aspire name has always been a bit of smart branding, since the series is positioned as a better-than-average pick among budget laptops—a notebook you can afford, but with the features and ...