Acer via eBay has
Acer Aspire 14 AI Laptop (Certified Refurbished, A14-52MT-701K) for
$491.99.
Shipping is free.
Thanks to community member
Dr.W for finding this deal.
Specs:
- Intel Core Ultra 7 Processor 258V, up to 4.8GHz, 8-core/8-Thread, 12MB Intel Smart Cache
- 14" Multi-Touch IPS LED-Backlit WUXGA (1920 x 1200) 300-Nits Display
- 32GB LPDDR5X RAM
- 1TB PCIe Gen 4 Solid State Drive
- Wi-Fi 6E with 2.4GHz, 5GHz and 6GHz Bands, Including 2x2 MU-MIMO Technology and Bluetooth 5.3
- Integrated FHD Webcam (1920 x 1080) with Blue Glass supporting 1080p FHD video
- Backlit Keyboard
- Windows 11
- Ports:
- 2x USB Type-C (Supporting USB4, Thunderbolt 4 and USB Charging and Power Delivery)
- 1x USB 3.2 Gen 1 (Power-Off Charging)
- 1x USB 3.2 Gen 1
- 1x Headphone/Speaker/Line-out Jack
- 1x HDMI 2.1 with HDCP support
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I did piss and moan a little after purchase (out of principle mainly), Acer ended up refunding $40 being they did tell me the wrong thing, they clearly didn't want to do a return either. First few messages from them were AI nonsense or just random copy / pastes.
Testing against my old Lenovo Flex 5 8845HS with 16GB of ram; This Acer is about twice as fast in a few games (for example Far Cry 5 gets double the FPS) and Switch emulation is much stronger. Now never drops below 60 FPS where the 8845HS stayed there....most of the time.
Screen is pretty lackluster in terms of color against my old non-OLED Flex 5 (comparable to my work Dell Latitude 5440). Plenty bright, speakers MUCH LOUDER. Lenovo was super quiet. No SD or micro SD card slot though. Acer also has a lot of annoying stuff installed like AdobeOP which keeps bothering me buy something but I cannot figure out how to remove it (without simply removing the exe that is starting). msconfig nor start up (in task manager) appear to be pointing to it and no Adobe items are in Add / Remove Programs.
Laptop arrived brand new appearing, plain box, and charger, nothing more.
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No mention in the listing of it having a backlit keyboard but I google the MPN number from the listing against the Acer site and it does have it. At $300 I would have bitten just to try it.
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acer sells the QHD OLED for $300-800 with older CPU and half the battery life. asus OLED FHD has sharpness issues, but the QHD OLED is better.
im guessing some people got the acer C- IPS panel with two low bid LCD vendor. I saw the acer aspire at Costco, its god awful dirty.
thats why half the buyers are ok with acer aspire LCD
https://slickdeals.net/f/19098601-acer-aspire-14-ai-cert-refurb-14-fhd-ips-touch-intel-ultra-5-226v-16gb-lpddr5-1tb-ssd-355-99
The laptop is fantastic. Only thing is the screen isn't great but honestly I'd rather a mid screen and a great machine vs a mid machine with a great screen. The lack of an SD slot is annoying too since I am always messing with retro handhelds, loading roms, etc, but I always have a hub with me so it isn't an end of the world type thing.
OOoo, I bit on the same deal and received the same machine. Should I seek a $40 refund?
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