Acer Aspire 1 (A114-33)
Price: £299 (inc VAT) from fave.co/3kupwgi
The Acer Aspire 1 (A114-33) is a budget laptop that rarely misses a beat with low-intensity tasks, from email and word processing to streaming the latest box set and surfing the web. But can it compete in an increasingly overstuffed sub-£300 field?
With a price tag of £299, expectations should be realistically modest. At the same time, £50 less will get you the impressive Asus E410, while £50 more will stretch to the stylish Lenovo IdeaPad 3i 14. There’s competition everywhere you look.
The Aspire 1 A114-33 is a new addition to the Aspire 1 series, lacking quite the same confusing array of spec options of the preceding Aspire 1 A114?32. At the time of writing, Acer UK is offering just a single model with a solitary list of low-end components through its website. Checkout choice paralysis has been avoided, which is a mercy at this price point.
We have seen a lower-specced model for £50 less available from some third-party sellers, but we’ll be focusing on the main (top) model here.
