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Best Acer laptops
The top 12 of 17 non-discontinued Acer models we track, ranked by our hand-scored average across the six categories. Not by what Acer pushes, and not by commission.
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- Acer Chromebook Plus Spin 714 (CP714-1H, Intel Core Ultra, 2024)
A premium 14-inch ChromeOS convertible with a Core Ultra 5, aluminium build and about 10-hour real battery for 749 dollars.
€ 799 7.2/10 Linux not supported - Acer Swift 14 AI (SF14-51, Core Ultra 7 258V)
A 2.8K OLED Lunar Lake machine with a 13-hour battery for around 1199 dollars, undercut on Linux by the IPU6 webcam that does not work in normal apps.
€ 1.299 7.0/10 Linux, minor tweaks - Acer Predator Helios 18 AI (PH18-73, 2025)
An 18-inch 4K Mini LED desktop replacement with a 175 W RTX 5090, Core Ultra 9 275HX and slotted DDR5 from 2999 dollars, but it weighs 3.5 kg, the 99 Wh battery barely lasts on this hardware and there is no verified Acer Linux story.
€ 2.789 7.0/10 Linux unverified - Acer Swift 14 AI (SF14-11, Snapdragon X Plus)
A 14.5-inch 2.5K 120 Hz IPS Copilot+ PC on Snapdragon X Plus for around 1099 dollars with very long battery on Windows, but Linux on this exact Acer board is rough versus the further-along Zenbook A14 port.
€ 1.199 6.8/10 Linux not supported - Acer Aspire 14 AI (A14-52M, 2025)
Around 750 dollars (approx, often discounted) for 14-hour real battery, but the screen is a dim 300-nit panel and you must start from a recent kernel.
€ 799 6.7/10 Linux, minor tweaks - Acer Chromebook Plus 516 GE (CBG516-2H, 2024)
A 16-inch ChromeOS laptop with a 120Hz 2.5K screen and RGB keyboard built around cloud gaming services for 649 dollars.
€ 699 6.5/10 Linux not supported - Acer Chromebook Plus 514 (CB514-3H, 2024)
A 1200p Chromebook with a Ryzen 7520C and 10-hour battery around 449 dollars, well built for the money.
€ 499 6.3/10 Linux not supported - Acer Swift Go 14 (SFG14-72, 2024)
A solid Meteor Lake all-rounder around 850 dollars (approx, configs vary), but plan on a UEFI password dance before some SKUs will even boot a Linux installer.
€ 899 6.3/10 Linux, minor tweaks - Acer Aspire 16 AI (A16-52M, 2025)
A 16-inch Copilot+ PC on Lunar Lake with 32 GB of RAM and a 1 TB SSD for around 1099 dollars, but the 1920x1200 300-nit panel is the cheap part of the build and the IPU6 webcam is still unusable on Linux.
€ 1.022 6.3/10 Linux, minor tweaks - Acer Swift X 14 (SFX14-72G, 2024)
A 14.5 inch OLED with an RTX 4050 at 1299 dollars is the pitch, but reviewers flag thermal throttling and average battery, and on Linux there is no Optimus tooling like asus-linux.org so you handle MUX switching yourself.
€ 1.499 6.3/10 Linux, minor tweaks - Acer Predator Helios Neo 16 (PHN16-72, 2024)
A value RTX 4060 gaming 16-inch with a 165 Hz QHD+ panel.
€ 1.649 6.3/10 Linux, minor tweaks - Acer Chromebook Plus 515 (CB515-2H, 2024)
A 15.6-inch ChromeOS desk laptop with a Core i3-1215U and 1080p panel for 499 dollars, fine as a home web machine.
€ 549 6.2/10 Linux not supported
