Acer Aspire E5-551

This laptop’s AMD APU gives it a little more power than its rivals, and it’s a well-built system with acceptable ergonomics. The screen is poor, though, and it’s heavier and chunkier than the competition. Only consider this budget option if its rivals are too small or expensive.

This laptop's AMD APU gives it a little more power than its rivals, and it's a well-built system with acceptable ergonomics. The screen is poor, though, and it's heavier and chunkier than the competition. Only consider this budget option if its rivals...

Acer Aspire E5-551-T8X3 Acer's Aspire E5-551-T8X3 based on the Kaveri APU could not really convince us. Although the Radeon R6's graphics performance can sometimes keep up with the dedicated GeForce 820M, and even surpass it in the Cloud Gate benchmark,...

Acer's Aspire E5 is in many ways similar to its predecessor, the Aspire E1, but it makes a few crucial changes. By far the most important is the switch to a larger battery, which tacks two hours of endurance to the new model. That's a major leap...