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Updated Nov 6, 2026

Acer Aspire 14″ Core Ultra 9 288V or Apple MacBook Air 15″ Apple M5?

Aspire 14″ Core Ultra 9 288V costs $259 less today and also has score 0.3 higher (8.5 vs. 8.2).

Acer wins 2by componentApple wins 1

  • 9.4Performance9.5
  • 9.3Memory and storage7.3
  • 6.5Screen8.0
  • 7.5Ports and how current it is6.3

Acer Aspire 14″ Core Ultra 9 288V is $259 the cheaper

$1,040

today

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$1,299

today

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The comparison in detail

Score by component, side by side

Aspire 14″ Core Ultra 9 288V wins on memory and storage and ports and how current it is; MacBook Air 15″ Apple M5 wins on screen.

  • 9.4Performance9.5
  • 9.3 (wins)Memory and storage7.3
  • 6.5Screen8.0 (wins)
  • 7.5 (wins)Ports and how current it is6.3

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Both prices over the last 30 days

First data point for one of the two: the chart appears as the days go by.

Still only a few days of data for both to read the trend; the chart fills in as the days go by.

Where is each one cheapest today?

Updated 06/11/2026

Spec sheet side by side

ItemAspire 14″ Core Ultra 9 288VMacBook Air 15″ Apple M5
Performance
Processor changesCore Ultra 9Apple M5
Processor model changes288VM5
RAM changes32 GB16 GB
Storage changes1,024 GB512 GB
Storage typeSSDSSD
Screen
Size changes14 polegadas15 polegadas
Resolution changesFull HD3K
Screen typeIPSIPS
Connections
Wi-Fi generation changesnot listedWi-Fi 7
General
System changesWindowsnot listed
Model code changesWIN11PRO12MP

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How we choose

Source: Amazon.com catalog, checked on 06/11/2026.

Lowest price seen for the product on Amazon.com, shipped to New York 10001, on the day it was read, before sales tax. The model is the brand plus the name of the laptop; the versions go in the table. The price range, the median and the position use only models with a score; the price comparison looks at models whose score is within 0.5 points.

The spec score doesn’t measure real-world performance or durability, and the strong or weak point reading is just a comparison of numbers, not a buying recommendation.