As of February 2025, we believe the best cheap MacBook is the 13-inch Apple MacBook Air powered by the previous-generation M2 ...

Still, we recommend spending a little more for superior performance and longevity. A previous version of this laptop was tested by Mashable contributor Callum Bains, who named it the best cheap ...

The current sweet spot for a reliable laptop to handle average work, home office or school tasks is between $700 and $800 and a reasonable model for creative work or gaming is $1,000 and up.

If you’re willing to spend a little bit more, the HP Pavilion Laptop 15t really starts to ramp up the stats. The 8GB of RAM can be especially useful if you need to use advanced creative software ...

I’d probably opt to spend a little more for the RTX 5070’s 12GB. Then again, Nvidia could end up going in a surprising direction with its desktop GPUs, even with an 8GB RTX 5070 laptop already ...