Best Laptops Under $1,500
All-round scoring applied — ranked by the balanced composite of performance, display, battery, value, and build quality.
The $1,000–$1,500 range is where the laptop market gets genuinely interesting. At this price, premium build materials become standard, OLED displays start appearing, and CPU performance takes a serious jump over budget tier.
We use an all-round composite score for this range — performance, display quality, battery life, value, and build quality are weighted equally. It's the fairest way to rank laptops that serve different masters.
You'll find everything from compact MacBook Airs to Windows ultrathin machines to mid-range creator workhorses on this list — all objectively ranked by benchmark-derived scores.
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