The excellent, powerful Acer Chromebook Plus Spin 514 is $150 off right now

Finding a flagship-caliber 2-in-1 convertible under $600 is no easy task, but Best Buy has brought back a fantastic discount on one of our absolute favorite Chromebooks of the year. Right now, you can grab the Acer Chromebook Plus Spin 514 for $599.00, a solid $150 price cut off its standard $749 MSRP.

In our review of the Acer Chromebook Plus Spin 514, we called it the single best convertible Chromebook you can buy. It combines high-end MediaTek silicon with an ultra-smooth high-refresh display and multi-day battery life, making it an easy recommendation for anyone needing a versatile daily driver that can handle anything you throw at it.

Why this deal is worth grabbing

Under the hood, the Spin 514 packs MediaTek’s Kompanio Ultra processor paired with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. This ARM-based setup delivers effortless multitasking, buttery-smooth Android app execution, and true 12-to-14-hour battery life that easily pushes through two full workdays on a single charge.

Key hardware highlights

• Processor: MediaTek Kompanio Ultra 910 with 50 TOPS NPU for on-device AI tasks
• Display: 14-inch 16:10 WUXGA (1920×1200) IPS touchscreen with a 120Hz refresh rate and USI pen support
• Memory & Storage: 12GB LPDDR5X RAM and 256GB storage
• Build & Inputs: Rigid aluminum chassis with MIL-STD-810H military durability, an OceanGlass trackpad, full-size HDMI, two USB-C ports, two USB-A ports, and a 5MP webcam with a physical privacy shutter
• Connectivity: Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.4

Built for today, ready for tomorrow

As a certified Chromebook Plus device, the Spin 514 ships out of the box with Google’s full suite of AI productivity features, including Quick Insert, Help Me Write, and Magic Editor. It also includes 12 months of Google AI Pro (featuring Gemini Advanced and 5TB of cloud storage) at no extra cost.

Furthermore, because the Spin 514 shares its internal architecture with upcoming flagship Googlebook hardware, it stands near the very front of the line for future platform updates to whatever it is Google chooses to call the Android-based OS for the Googlebook platform.

At $599, getting 12GB of RAM, 120Hz display smoothness, military-grade aluminum construction, and two-day battery life is an unbeatable value. Best Buy sales like this tend to fluctuate quickly, so don’t miss it!