Today Only: B&H Photo Knocks an Unbelievable $800 Off This OLED Acer Laptop
At $800, this Acer laptop offers a tremendous value. One of its most appealing features is the stunning 16-inch OLED display with 3.2K resolution, a 120Hz refresh rate and a 16:10 aspect ratio, which is paired with a 6GB Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 GPU. Under the hood, its got an eight-core AMD Ryzen 9 processor, along with a respectable 16GB of RAM and 1TB of storage. Other features include a built-in fingerprint scanner and microSD card slot, and its got USB-A, USB-C and HDMI ports for added versatility.
Most OLED laptops start north of $1,000, and you'll be paying a couple hundred more if you want specs like 16GB of memory or a GeForce RTX 4050 GPU. A chance to grab all of that for a decent chunk less than a grand is a pretty incredible bargain. It makes sense this deal is only live for a few hours, and it could be quite a while before we see an offer this good again, so we recommend taking advantage of these savings while you can.
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