The Best Budget Laptops for 2022
The Best Budget Laptops for 2022
These low-cost Windows laptops and Chromebooks can handle everyday computing (and sometimes more) with aplomb, and many ring up under $500.
00:00 Introduction
01:15 Best Budget Laptop for Most People: Lenovo IdeaPad 3 14
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02:42 Best Budget 2-in-1: Lenovo IdeaPad 5i 14 (2021)
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04:38 Best Budget Detachable 2-in-1: Microsoft Surface Go 3
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06:38 Best Budget Gaming Laptop: MSI Katana GF66
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08:20 Best Chromebook: Acer Chromebook Spin 514
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09:57 Best Budget Laptop for Kids: Dell Chromebook 11 (3100)
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11:27 Outro
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Can you give me the ram the ssd or disc come on….
am i the only person who absolutely hates the way this guy talks lol
The music is too loud and distracting.
Can you review that hideous sweatshirt next?
No used laptop category!??
Shame
Ew chromebook 🤮
@Gamer fleet found your clone
While you are at it why not include more bells & whistles? The background music is not loud enough then again I guess this comes as extra 😅
I bought an apple laptop about 4-5 years ago and I was hugely disappointed as it stopped working last year . I’m needing a new laptop to help with my game capturing that is powerful to handle it ❤️ What would you suggest ? I don’t want to be spending silly money again on a laptop and just stops working
SOME PERFORMANCE IS GOOD ENOUGH! SOOOME (disco music intensifies 🎶)
The laptops are ok, but that sweatshirt is fire!!!🔥
Decent video, important topic. A little too obvious he’s reading a teleprompter from the starts and stops, could use better cadence. Still overall decent.
Hi your gaming laptop in the video says 3060 but the link in description is for 3050 so which one is it?
This guy looks like a freshman presenting in front of his class
Psalms 111:10 (KJV) The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endures for ever.
My budget is $150
The beginning music at the start reminded me of Good Times by Chic.
Buy a used Thinkpad off eBay. That is the best budget laptop of any year
Dude, Thank You PCMag and THANK YOU Zackery especially for promoting affordable laptops (that also work for school) with what I honestly think is the Perfect intro just calling it out. I ironically was just reading Engadgets college laptop pics for this year and Its so frustrating that they continue to play to upper class families suggesting every year high priced laptops as the best for students. My friend use to teach and now tutors for students with financial troubles in not so privileged school districts. These families can not afford even a $100 laptop. I bought one for college classes online durring the isolation period last year for $250 and it worked just fine for online classes and worked fine for word processing. I ended up giving it away to a family in need of a computer for their kids after i was done using it. Thanks Again Zackery. Ill be looking up more of your videos after seeing this one. Keep up the honesty like in this review and saying what needs to be said.
– S
Just tap into a wave of company rollouts and get their old stuff. As Intel has been selling 14nm i5’s from 2015-2021, a 2015 model is usually as good as a 2021 one and still more than enough for a student needing long battery life. Dell is great for self repair, Apple for display tech and overall refinement. So best bets are ex company Dell Latitudes or a MacBook Pro 2015. Both are around 250 bucks, beating any budget option in this video.
Hi all im trying to find out what laptop or notebook we have sent to you its a side view can you help 🤔 we don’t have any more information can somebody solve this problem 🥰👍
Personally I’m not dropping $400 on a laptop let alone a band
Remind me how these prices are budget
This video was not helpful and the music is awful while trying to listen
Im outta here!
The battle is real
i went on the link for the MSI Katana GF66 11UE-628AU Black 15.6INCH CORE I7 16GB 512GB RTX3060 W11H Gaming Laptop
but it only showed MSI Katana GF66 11UE-628AU Black 15.6INCH CORE I5 16GB 512GB RTX3060 W11H Gaming Laptop
Lenovo IdeaPad 5i 14 has only 4GB ram which makes it totally useless for even web browsing with more than 3 tabs open
This is nowhere near budget friendly.
LOL anybody with more than 2 braincells isn’t going to pay $480 for a laptop that can’t do anything
Had to stop watching because of the background noise.
Me watching this on a $150 chromebook. It’s ok. But the display is trash. Any recommendations for a laptop with a decent screen that won’t break the bank?
“Many ring up under $500” * only one was under $500”
What’s up with the 10xl sweater
bad video
Chrome books last long that’s why u buy them for that reason not for the power or ram or quality they are meant to get abused and have greasy fingers and crumbs on them lol and used in schools.
Great lifesaver but I feel like the music drowns your description, not that the music is bad I just couldn’t focus on your description, I usually just listen to videos while walking or doing something else.
Wallet friendly or inexpensive. Budget friendly is not a gaming laptop
Wait… Doesn’t budget mean £150 to £250 ???
Macbooks become kinda affordable these days with macbook air line!
awesome vid, I have the gaming rig at home so for me laptops are just a portable web browser with a bigger screen, cheap lightweight machine is all I’m after for content consumption while travelling, or presenting a powerpoint occasionally
just throw a 386 clone in a laptop, 256MB ram, shitass linux distro, and you got a great budget laptop
Jesus Christ $500 starting price is not a friggin budget laptop.
Everyone’s like: this guy probably knows what he’s doing.
I asked budget not get me broke
At least you didn’t recommend any with a Celeron n4020, 4gb ram and tiny ssd.
I admire a man who has the confidence to wear that ear-ring with that sweater.
I dnt how a 900 dollar is in this budget, we might as well look for a 1000 dollar laptops 🤷🏽♂️
The video was annoying – your personal agenda is not needed here. I had respect for PC mag for 20 years until seeing this video.
You forgot to tell us which laptops accept computer speakers???
God I hate music in info videos.