I Recommend This Budget Acer Laptop at Full Price, and It's an Even Better Value at $200 Off

Acer's 14 AI laptop is one of CNET's top-rated budget laptops of 2025. It's the cheapest Copilot Plus PC I've ever reviewed, and Costco members can get it for just $500 right now.

Matt Elliott is a senior editor at CNET with a focus on laptops and streaming services. Matt has more than 20 years of experience testing and reviewing laptops. He has worked for CNET in New York and San Francisco and now lives in New Hampshire. When he's not writing about laptops, Matt likes to play and watch sports. He loves to play tennis and hates the number of streaming services he has to subscribe to in order to watch the various sports he wants to watch.