Acer Aspire Vero

PRICE Core i5, £583 (£700 inc VAT) from store.acer.com

Is that the wind of change we can hear? Three years ago, right to repair felt like a fringe movement. Now we have a huge global corporation not only embracing right to repair but inviting it in for a slap-up meal.

The question we must ask, though, is whether products such as the Acer Aspire Vero are an exercise in PR greenwashing. Are the changes skin deep, is supply limited, is the price so high that few people can afford it?

We can address that last point straight away: at £700, the Aspire Vero costs around £50 more than a “non-green” Aspire of this spec might cost, so it’s certainly affordable. Nor is this a limited release, with the model available from Amazon and Currys as well as direct from Acer.

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