3 Best Budget Laptops of 2015

3.General Use:

Acer Aspire E5-571-58CG

Price at the time of writing: $512.00

Generally, you would want a slightly more expensive than the cheapest solutions out there for a laptop you’ll have laying around your home mostly and occasionally taking on the go. The Acer Aspire E5-571-58CG is just the type of device you are looking for. It performs fairly well all around with a 2.20Ghz i5 processor and with 6GB of RAM under the hood, complemented by a 1TB hybrid hard drive, it will give you a run for your money should you decide to do anything other than browsing social media and streaming movies. With the integrated Intel HD 5500 graphics card you can’t expect to do serious gaming or other GPU intensive tasks but you can’t expect that from a budget device. Its cons are that it’s on the heavier side, as well as its mediocre display.

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