ACER is showcasing its latest budget and enthusiast laptops at Computex, featuring Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm options.
ACER Has Laptops For Everyone & Also Shows off The First Qualcomm Snapdragon C-Series Design
Major PC players are quickly moving to offer competition against the MacBook Neo, which has caused a disruption in the mainstream segment with its attractive $599 price point and a premium build quality. It has seen an incredible response from consumers, and multiple PC OEMs are now working towards their own solutions to offer something competitive. At the same time, Intel and Qualcomm have also started to roll out new chips that are perfect for this positioning.
Budget-Friendly Designs With Intel Core Series 3 & Qualcomm C-Series
The first laptops that we will talk about are the Acer Swift series, which are based on Intel's Core Series 3 chips codenamed Wildcat Lake. These mainstream laptops feature up to Core 7 processors and feature up to 16 GB of LPDDR5 memory, and up to 512 GB of storage. The screen is up to 14" in a 16:10 panel that boasts a maximum resolution of 1920x1200, a refresh rate of up to 120Hz, coming in an all-metal chassis design. The laptop weighs as little as 1.19 kg and is as thin as 12.9mm.
The second cost-optimized model is based on Qualcomm's recently unveiled Snapdragon C series. This is the Acer Aspire Go 15, which is among the first laptops to feature this chip. The laptop offers an 8-core CPU with up to 8 GB of memory, up to 512 GB of storage, and features a 15.6" Narroz Bezel display with a res of 1920x1080. Acer promises all-day battery life and equips the Go 15 with dual USB Type-C ports, WIFI 6E, and a 1080p camera with a privacy shutter. This laptop is expected to feature a price close to $399 US.
For frequent travellers, Acer is offering the TravelMate P2 Spin 14, which features up to Core 7 "Series 3" processors, a 16:10 WUXGA display (1920x1200) with 350 nits brightness, up to 16 GB DDR5 memory, 1 TB of SSD storage, the latest capabilities such as dual USB 3.2 Type-C ports, Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6.0, and a premium finish.
High-End With Intel's & AMD's Top Guns
On the high end, Acer offers the Predator Helios 18 AI, which packs the Core Ultra 9 290HX CPU, RTX 5090 GPU, and a dual-mode display that can be driven up to 4K 120Hz or FHD 240Hz. The display is a MiniLED design, and you're looking at up to 64 GB of DDR5 memory with up to 2 TB of SSD storage.
- The Predator Helios 18 AI will be available in North America in August 2026; in EMEA in August 2026; and in Australia in Q4’2026.
- The Acer Nitro 16 will be available in North America and EMEA in August 2026.
The second enthusiast model is the Acer Nitro 16, which features AMD's Ryzen 9 9955HX3D CPU with up to RTX 5080 GPUs. These laptops will come with lots of configuration options for users to select from and will offer great cooling and performance capabilities.
About the author: A Software Engineer by training and a PC enthusiast by passion, Hassan Mujtaba serves as Wccftech's Senior Editor for hardware section. With years of experience in the industry, he specializes in deep-dive technical analysis of next-generation CPU and GPU architectures, motherboards, and cooling solutions. His work involves not only breaking news on upcoming technologies but also extensive hands-on reviews and benchmarking.
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