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Laptop prices, October 2026

Middle price today $975.90; by type, $299.00 for Chromebooks, $838.50 for Windows laptops and $1,614.99 for gaming laptops. Half of the 573 laptops we can price sit between $471.14 and $1,499.99.

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Prices with a verdict first, those at their recorded low leading; newest after that. Want them ordered by what sells instead? Most bought laptops.

Most bought: Apple 2026 MacBook Air 13-inch Laptop $1,149.00, Apple 2026 MacBook Neo 13-inch Laptop $689.00 and Apple 2026 MacBook Air 15-inch Laptop $1,339.00. Cheapest today: Lenovo 300e Chromebook 11.6" $89.95.

Laptop pricing is the noisiest category we track, because retailers discount specific configurations rather than models. A $200 drop on one RAM and storage combination tells you nothing about the others. Every price here is tied to a specific configuration, not a model name.

How much do laptops cost?

Half of the 573 laptops we can price today sit between $471.14 and $1,499.99, with the middle one at $975.90. The cheapest today is $89.95 and the dearest $6,999.00. The average is $1,191.41, pulled above the middle by the dearest few.

What are the cheapest laptops right now?

Lenovo 300e Chromebook 11.6" at $89.95, the cheapest of the 573 we can price today. Of the ten Amazon sells most, the cheapest is Lenovo Flagship Chromebook at $245.88.

  • HP: middle $779.99, from $209.00 · 131 priced
  • Lenovo: middle $1,091.50, from $89.95 · 128 priced
  • ASUS: middle $1,144.45, from $221.00 · 89 priced
  • Acer: middle $738.43, from $194.00 · 79 priced
  • Dell: middle $952.00, from $135.00 · 65 priced
  • IST Computers: middle $1,374.99, from $279.99 · 16 priced
  • Apple: middle $1,699.00, from $239.00 · 9 priced
  • MSI: middle $2,155.57, from $1,086.00 · 9 priced
  • Microsoft: middle $1,614.99, from $988.99 · 6 priced
The same 573 laptops, cheapest quarter first, each with the ones Amazon sells most at that price.
PriceMost bought at that price
$89.95–$471.14144 pricedHP 2026 Everyday Laptop, Intel CPU $319.97, HP 14 inch Laptop, HD Display $279.99 and Lenovo Flagship Chromebook $245.88
$478.99–$975.90143 pricedApple 2026 MacBook Neo 13-inch Laptop $689.00, Dell 15.6 Laptop, FHD $519.00 and Dell 15 Laptop, FHD $814.99
$979.00–$1,499.99148 pricedApple 2026 MacBook Air 13-inch Laptop $1,149.00, Apple 2026 MacBook Air 15-inch Laptop $1,339.00 and Acer Nitro V 16S AI Gaming Laptop $1,399.99
$1,519.99–$6,999.00138 pricedApple 2025 MacBook Pro Laptop $1,839.00, Apple 2026 MacBook Pro Laptop $2,799.00 and ASUS ROG Strix G16 (2025) Gaming $1,614.99

Measured across the 573 products in this category we could price in the last few hours: one price per product, the cheapest live offer, new condition only. Not list prices.

How much is a laptop?

A laptop’s price follows what it is for and how much memory it has, which is why one average across a Chromebook and a gaming machine helps nobody. The tables on this page are today’s Amazon prices for every new laptop we track, by brand and by RAM.

Memory splits the shelf

RAM divides the shelf more cleanly than any other figure on the spec sheet, and the table below prices each tier. It is also the spec least worth economising on. Every MacBook with Apple silicon and most thin Windows laptops have their memory soldered to the board, so the amount you buy is the amount the machine has for its whole life.

A listing that does not state its memory is left out of that table rather than guessed, so the tiers count fewer laptops than the shelf does.

A brand is a range, not a price

Every large maker sells from the cheap end of the shelf to the dear one: Lenovo has the IdeaPad and the ThinkPad, HP its Chromebooks and its workstations. A brand’s middle price shows where its listings bunch, not what a laptop from it costs; the “from” price beside it is the more useful half.

The two ends of the shelf

The cheapest laptops are mostly Chromebooks and small Windows machines with little storage, fine for a browser and documents. The dearest are gaming laptops and mobile workstations, where a dedicated graphics card is much of the price. If you are buying neither, the middle half of the shelf is where to look, and the price panel above says where that half starts and ends today.

Laptops by type

Typed by what the listing calls itself; one that names no type is left out. Same prices as the panel above: one per product, new condition.
TypeMiddle priceCheapestPriced
Chromebooks$299.00$89.9576
Windows laptops$838.50$205.00326
Gaming laptops$1,614.99$329.99161

Laptops by RAM

Memory is read from the listing, and a listing that does not state it is left out. Same prices as the panel above: one per product, new condition.
RAMMiddle priceHalf cost betweenPriced
8GB RAM$499.99$399.99–$659.9987
16GB RAM$989.00$669.00–$1,262.85215
32GB RAM$1,699.00$1,349.00–$2,199.99125
64GB RAM$2,839.00$1,499.50–$5,049.0023

Laptops by screen size

Size is read from the listing, rounded down to the whole inch. Same prices as the panel above: one per product, new condition.
Screen sizeMiddle priceHalf cost betweenPriced
13-inch$1,274.99$1,109.00–$1,736.7516
14-inch$614.44$319.00–$1,160.24106
15-inch$677.50$429.99–$1,069.00169
16-inch$1,399.00$1,042.00–$1,899.99125
17-inch$859.98$654.50–$1,119.5019
18-inch$3,249.99$2,199.00–$3,849.9920
What is the average laptop price?
$1,191.41 across the 573 laptops we can price today, against a middle price of $975.90. The average sits above the middle because a few of the dearest models pull it, so the middle price is the better guide to what a typical one costs. One price per product, the cheapest live offer, read in the last few hours.
Can you upgrade laptop RAM later?
Only if the memory sits in a slot. MacBooks with Apple silicon and most thin Windows laptops use memory soldered to the board, which cannot be changed; many larger and gaming laptops still have slots. The maker’s spec sheet says which, and it is worth checking before buying the smaller configuration.

What our record says about laptops

Typical band
14%
between the highest and lowest we recorded, per item at one retailer
How often the price moves
every ~5 days
19 changes per item in 90 days, from checks made at least every 20 hours
Deepest fall we have seen
72%
one item, one retailer, not an average and not a claim about today
Cheapest we track right now
$60.00
across 780 item-and-retailer pairs we watch here

A 14% band is real but not dramatic. Worth checking the history before buying; not worth holding out for months.

How often prices for laptops change, and how far they swing, against every other category we track.

Laptops: every price we can call, A–Z

400 products with enough record behind the price to say whether it is a good one. Today’s cheapest new offer; the verdict is yesterday’s, shown only while the price has not moved since.