Acer TravelMate P4 P414-51

A great-value business laptop that has quality where you need it, and is well suited to life on the road

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PRICE £619 (£743 inc VAT) from box.co.uk

If we were forced to summarise the Acer TravelMate P4 P414-51 in This isn't a laptop that will bring an admiring glance from passers-by, nor one that will ever sit at the top of the performance charts, but if you're after a business laptop for an aggressive price then it deserves to be at the top of your shortlist.

In part that's due to the solidity of the laptop. Other machines at this price often feel thrown together, but the TravelMate P4 exudes reassuring sturdiness. That's despite the fact only the lid is made from metal, with the rest of the chassis fashioned from rigid plastic, and its dark blue livery gives it a professional look. Windows 10 Pro comes as part of the package - we were offered an upgrade to Windows 11 Pro within a week of use - and our only criticism is that Acer doesn't upgrade its warranty to two years as standard.