The Acer Aspire 3 15 is an affordable laptop that sacrifices a bit too much for me, especially with its battery life and performance. But it's not all bad.

The Acer Nitro 5, now renamed to Nitro V 15, packed with delicious internals that can handle triple-A gaming, blew my mind. This is a sub-$1,000 gaming laptop, so naturally, I didn't want to get ...