My Pick for Laptop Shoppers Seeking Tariff Relief: Acer's $700 Aspire 14 AI
The Acer Aspire 14 AI is available for $700 at Costco (with the occasional spike to $750).
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 still costs $700 at Costco and is still 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 This is no budget laptop with outdated parts.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 laptop that's built for it.
Thanks to its Intel Core Ultra 5 CPU that has a neural processing unit (NPU) capable of 40 trillion operations per second (TOPS), the Aspire 14 AI hits the minimum requirement for Microsoft's Copilot Plus PC platform. Its AI processor can offload AI workloads -- constantly taking Windows Recall snapshots, blurring backgrounds for video calls and producing live translations -- to its NPU, keeping the CPU and GPU freed up for whatever primary task you're working on.
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Future-proofing is always valuable in any laptop, especially so in a budget model where it's not always a given. (You need to be careful when shopping for a low-cost laptop because so many are older models with previous-generation components that are discounted in an attempt to clear out inventory for newer units.)
In testing, the Aspire 14 AI hung with the more expensive Copilot Plus PCs I've tested. Its scores on our application, graphics and AI benchmarks weren't all that far off from those of its pricier competitors. Its integrated Intel GPU doesn't provide much in the way of 3D gaming but the same can be said for any Copilot Plus PC as I've yet to encounter one with dedicated graphics.
With the Aspire 14 AI, you avoid the budget laptop trap of buying a machine with outdated or soon-to-be-outdated parts. And you also skip past the spectrer of the Creaky Plastic Monster. Many budget laptops have flimsy plastic enclosures but the Aspire 14 AI has aluminum top and bottom panels with only a plastic keyboard deck. And the keyboard deck feels rigid and doesn't bend or flex like the thinner plastic common to other budget models. It's a solidly constructed laptop and you'd have to look closely to tell it apart from one of Acer's mainstream Swift laptops.
The specs
CPU: Intel Core Ultra 5 226V
Memory: 16GB LPDDR5-8533
Graphics: Intel Arc 130V
Storage: 1TB SSD
Display: 14-inch 1,920x1,200 touch IPS LCD
Ports: 2 x USB-C Thunderbolt 4, 2 x USB-A USB 3.2 Gen 1, HDMI 2.1, combo audio
Networking: Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3
Weight: 3.05 pounds
Battery life: 18 hr, 56 min
Operating system: Microsoft Windows 11 Home
CNET'S Buying Advice
The best part of the Aspire 14 AI is getting a modern CPU that delivers the performance needed for the laptop to act as your primary machine and not just a cheap, underpowered second system. And the efficient Intel Core Ultra CPU also allows the Aspire 14 AI to run for almost 19 hours on a single charge while also offering a bit of future-proofing with its AI capabilities.
The uninspired design and meh display are really the only items that scream "budget laptop." The rest of the package is more mainstream than budget, including the 16GB of RAM and the roomy 1TB SSD. You are usually looking at 8GB of RAM and either a 256GB or 512GB SSD when shopping for a $700 laptop.
If you are willing to spend a bit more, I have a couple of other Copilot Plus PCs you should check out. The Microsoft Surface Laptop 7 is a winner for its slick and sturdy design and awesome haptic touchpad and the Asus Zenbook A14 boasts an ultralight yet rigid enclosure with a gorgeous OLED display. Plus, both offer even better battery life than the Aspire 14 AI.
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Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) is one of the 12 Most Owned Stocks by Hedge Funds So Far in 2025. On July 22, BMO Capital increased its price target for Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) from $233 to $270 while keeping an 'Outperform' rating. The firm sees strong potential for Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) mainly because it expects growth in Amazon Web Services (AWS) in the second half of 2025. BMO believes that agentic capabilities are still underappreciated by the market. BMO analysts raised the firm's AWS estimates as they expect these agentic capabilities to significantly improve efficiency. Ken Wolter / Inc.'s (NASDAQ:AMZN) extended Prime Day and foreign exchange factors led the financial firm to increase its forecast for the company's 2025 Gross Merchandise Value (GMV) by 130 basis points. BMO's proprietary channel checks showed mid-teens growth in GMV compared to the same four-day period last year. Average selling prices remained steady even with tariffs. The research note also pointed out that Inc.'s (NASDAQ:AMZN) same-day delivery coverage has increased 17% compared to last year. This expansion makes it easier for customers to order more frequently and helps the company earn more free cash flow from its retail segment. Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) is a technology company that specializes in e-commerce, cloud computing, online advertising, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence. While we acknowledge the potential of AMZN as an investment, we believe certain AI stocks offer greater upside potential and carry less downside risk. If you're looking for an extremely undervalued AI stock that also stands to benefit significantly from Trump-era tariffs and the onshoring trend, see our free report on the best short-term AI stock. READ NEXT: 10 Best American Semiconductor Stocks to Buy Now and 11 Best Fintech Stocks to Buy Right Now. Disclosure: None. This article is originally published at Insider Monkey. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
