Aspire 5 A517-52G
www.acer.com Price $1,199 Acer’s latest 17.3-inch Windows 11 laptop (above right) costs less than a grand, but it still packs in 16GB of memory, a 1TB SSD and a 2.4GHz Intel Core i5 processor, making it ideal for use as your main home computer. It connects to the internet via Ethernet or Wi-Fi and has a fingerprint reader for speedy logins