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Acer Spin 3 review: A solid $650 budget laptop with nice bonuses<\/h2>\n

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Budget laptops continue to improve, and the Acer Spin 3 is a good example. For an affordable price it offers adequate components and battery life, with enough flexibility to accommodate a range of peripherals.\u00a0Though the 14-inch, 360-degree convertible laptop delivers middling performance, a modern Thunderbolt port and a nifty integrated stylus stand out. In all, it\u2019s a solid laptop, but in a market whose competition is growing stronger, quickly.<\/p>\n

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This review is part of our ongoing roundup of the best laptops. Go there for information on competing products and how we tested them.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Acer Spin 3 basic features<\/h2>\n

The Acer Spin 3 (SP314-54N-58Q7) we tested is\u00a0sold at Costco for $650, although the company lists a few alternatives on its Acer online store<\/a>. Of the four listed, only one, the\u00a0SP314-54N-50W3, contains an up-to-date Core i5-1035G4 processor as well as a larger 512GB SSD, for about $150 more. (Intel\u2019s 10th-gen \u201cIce Lake\u201d processors use the number attached to its \u201cG\u201d suffix to indicate the relative graphics performance, with a higher number being better.) We still consider our review unit\u2019s loadout\u20148GB RAM, 256GB SSD\u2014adequate for most needs.<\/p>\n

Here are the basic features of our review unit, which is backed by a one-year \u201cInternational Travelers\u2019 Warranty.\u201d Acer says that warranty runs concurrently with its standard one-year U.S. warranty, allowing the laptop to be serviced in up to 30 other countries where Acer has authorized facilities.\u00a0<\/p>\n