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Naysaspace posted...

i made a value chart and assigned rankings to features based on how much they mean to me.

macbook, dollar-for-performance, is about double the cost of a windows laptop.

Keep in mind that the sweet spot for value is in the 700-1200 range (CAD, adjust appropriately for USD). Buying one of the budget laptops may be the cheapest option, but the value is ridiculously low because they really are pieces of shit.

I think double is a little much. You can get a solid windows laptop with the same specs for a few hundred cheaper than an Apple one, but 1/2 price is cutting into cheap crap territory. The M1 (new) MacBooks are also supposed to be crazy good, although I haven't kept up with how good they actually are.

But I agree with the 700 price at a minimum for a decent laptop. I'd personally say the bare minimum to look for is an SSD over an HDD.

Also need to be worried a bit about "high-end" versions of cheap laptops might reach the lower end of this price range, but are still **** laptops.