CNET's key takeaways

Laptop prices are on the rise -- and the more they increase, the better Acer's Aspire 14 AI looks.

The Acer Aspire 14 AI is available for $500 at Costco and $628 at Amazon .

The Intel Lunar Lake CPU offers good performance for the price and long battery life.

The display and design won't wow you.

When I reviewed it in April , it cost $700 at Costco and was the cheapest Copilot Plus PC I had reviewed. Fast-forward two months, and a Labor Day deal has brought that price down to $500 at Costco, making it the cheapest Copilot Plus PC I've seen -- and a great value. See at Costco

Budget laptop shoppers will find no shortage of cheap models around $500 that are priced so low for the simple fact that they are older laptops with aging components that get mo

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