Best laptop for editing up to $1,500 today

Today it is the Apple MacBook Air 13″ Apple M5, for £1,179 (score 8.2).

The Asus Vivobook 18″ Ryzen 7 260, for £1,185 (score 8.0).

In the 6 Nov 2026 catalog, the median price of the 46 models in the segment is £997, and prices range from £449 to £1,449. The final price is the one at the store.

Models whose specs list 16 GB of RAM or more, 512 GB or more and a Core i7, Ryzen 7 or better processor, with a lowest collected price up to $1,500, are included. Each model counts once: if it has more than one version within the rule, the price is that of the cheapest version and the others show on the card.

This page looks only at models that pass the "laptops for photo and video editing" rule and have a price up to $1,500. To see all the ranges for that use, open the use overview; to see all uses in the range, open the price range overview.

Raising the budget to up to $2,000, best by spec sheet becomes o Acer Predator Helios Neo 16″ Core Ultra 9 275HX RTX 5070 Ti: score 8.9 at £1,852, 0.4 point higher the leader of this range (MSI Prestige 13.3″ Core Ultra 7 258V, score 8.5 at £559). Compare on the chart before deciding: the score comes from the spec sheet and doesn’t measure real-world performance or durability. Data from 6 Nov 2026.

From cheapest to most expensive, the laptop that has a higher spec score than all the cheaper ones in the segment makes the line. Anything that costs more and has an equal or lower score is left out. The line doesn’t say which laptop to buy: it only shows which ones don’t lose on both score and price at once.

Every day, with each collection: numbers, chart, ranking and the "What changed" section are rebuilt with the day’s catalog. This edition is from 6 November 2026.