Acer Aspire AL16-71M-77KM 16" WUXGA IPS SlimBezel, Core Ultra 7 155H, 16GB/1TB

A 16-inch Aspire with an Intel Core Ultra 7 155H — an H-series processor in a consumer machine, which is an unusual combination at this price. If the work is photo editing, large spreadsheets or anything that benefits from more cores than a thin-and-light offers, this is a great deal more capable than the badge implies.

The display is a 16-inch WUXGA IPS panel at 1920 × 1200 with slim bezels. The taller 16:10 shape and the larger diagonal together give noticeably more working area than a 14 or 15-inch widescreen laptop, which is the practical reason to choose this size. Storage is a full 1 TB PCIe NVMe SSD.

Memory is 16 GB of DDR5 soldered to the board and graphics are integrated, so this is a machine to buy on its current specification rather than plan to expand. Wireless is Wi-Fi 6 with Bluetooth 5.0, there is a 2 MP Full HD camera, and the 58 Wh battery charges over a 65 W USB Type-C adapter. It ships with Windows 11 Home and a one-year warranty.