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This is a fantastic deal in the current market due to inflated AI pricing. The next step up would be 50% more for the 5080 MSI laptop at Walmart, also on SlickDeals. It's less than a 50% of a graphics performance upgrade, but you do get double the vram and double the storage.
If I were shopping for a laptop right now, I would definitely get this over a RTX 5070 with 8 GB because that's just not enough vram to run new games at high quality settings in 2026.
I hate to be the "only 16GB ram" guy but yeah 32GB would have been nice. I do see this is the thicker full speed Neo 16 though as opposed to the "S". I ended up purchasing the refurbished "S" one on eBay with 32GB of ram and 2 year Allstate warranty for $1372 in another SD post. Seemed like a great deal. Guess I'll see when it arrives. I prefer the thinner profile for travel even though it's throttled due to less wattage.
You won't have the level of control other OEMs give you... BIOS is locked, and undervolting/underclocking aren't supported. But they're incredibly well-built otherwise.
Acer support after warranty is basically "lolwut?".
I had an issue with a system I bought open box... just wanted recovery media. I could not get Acer to reassign the system to my Acer account in order for me to get assistance until like a year after I asked for recovery media. At that point, they directed me to 3rd party for out-of-support hardware. I couldn't even buy it from Acer directly.
Love the hardware... hate the service... uninspired by the software.
Parts availability is also poor compared to HP & Lenovo.
IMO, It is better to purchase Predators on ebay as certified-refurb with 2 year 3rd party warranty than new with 1 year Acer warranty.
Not a bad deal in this market, but I bought and returned this laptop when it was $1150. It's definitely a space heater and if using it for gaming, a separate keyboard is recommended. If I remember correctly, GPU is undervolted so not getting max power from it.
I returned mine because I kept getting blue screens. Otherwise, for gaming it was really great. I played mostly cp2077, and it ran well with fairly high settings.
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If I were shopping for a laptop right now, I would definitely get this over a RTX 5070 with 8 GB because that's just not enough vram to run new games at high quality settings in 2026.
You won't have the level of control other OEMs give you... BIOS is locked, and undervolting/underclocking aren't supported. But they're incredibly well-built otherwise.
Acer support after warranty is basically "lolwut?".
I had an issue with a system I bought open box... just wanted recovery media. I could not get Acer to reassign the system to my Acer account in order for me to get assistance until like a year after I asked for recovery media. At that point, they directed me to 3rd party for out-of-support hardware. I couldn't even buy it from Acer directly.
Love the hardware... hate the service... uninspired by the software.
Parts availability is also poor compared to HP & Lenovo.
IMO, It is better to purchase Predators on ebay as certified-refurb with 2 year 3rd party warranty than new with 1 year Acer warranty.
I returned mine because I kept getting blue screens. Otherwise, for gaming it was really great. I played mostly cp2077, and it ran well with fairly high settings.
I'm struggling. Is this a paradox or a dilemma?
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