Amazon Prime Day deal: The Prime Day sale ends tonight but if you act fast, you can still score a 34% discount on the Acer Aspire 14 AI, the cheapest Copilot Plus PC I've ever reviewed. We're also seeing a discount at Costco, where it's down to just $500 but you'll need to be a Costco member to snag the deal.
CNET's key takeaways
The Acer Aspire 14 AI is available for $550 at Amazon $500 at Costco
The Intel Lunar Lake CPU offers good performance for the price and long battery life.
The display and design won't wow you.
Laptop prices are on the rise -- and the more they increase, the better Acer's Aspire 14 AI looks.
When I reviewed it in April, it cost $700 at Costco and was the cheapest Copilot Plus PC I had reviewed. Fast forward two months and it's now $550 at Amazon and $500 at Costco, making it the cheapest Copilot Plus PC I've seen -- and a great value.
Acer cuts the right corners to hit such a low price for the Aspire 14 AI, delivering a well-rounded laptop with modern components. This is no budget laptop with outdated parts. It features the latest Intel Core Ultra Series 2 processor (codenamed Lunar Lake) that serves up competitive application and AI performance along with great battery life and a design that doesn't look all that different from Acer's pricier Swift laptops. The Aspire 14 AI's no-frills but future-proofed package makes it one of the best budget laptops of 2025.
My experience with the Acer Aspire 14 AI
I'm still waiting for the killer AI app to make a laptop AI CPU a must but it's nice to know that when it arrives, you'll have a machine that's built for it.
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