Acer’s Has Quietly Opened Pre-Orders For Its MacBook Neo Competitor, The Snapdragon C-Powered Aspire Go, With The Same Memory Count But At A Much Lower Price
Acer has opened pre-orders for the Aspire Go 15, a budget-friendly Windows 11 laptop powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon C processor. Positioned as a competitor to the MacBook Neo, the device offers similar memory at a significantly lower price point, though with reduced storage.
Why it matters
The entry of affordable Snapdragon-powered Windows laptops signals increased competition in the portable computing market, challenging Apple's dominance in the premium segment.
The arrival of the MacBook Neo has ushered in a wave of affordable Windows 11 notebooks. First, it was Dell’s XPS 13 , and now, we have Acer, which is quietly taking pre-orders for the Aspire Go 15, its affordable offering that’s powered by none other than Qualcomm’s Snapdragon C . It also packs the same RAM count as the MacBook Neo, and its listing price is much lower than the latter.
Alongside the 8-core Snapdragon C, the Aspire Go 15 features 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. Given that the U.K. pre-order price on Amazon is £499, while the MacBook Neo is available for £699, the Taiwanese manufacturer had to bring some compromises to the table, starting with half the base storage. There’s no confirmation if the laptop ships with onboard eMMC memory or if it’s an actual NVMe drive that can be upgraded down the road.
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