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How we earn
Laptops.computer is reader-supported. When you buy through some of the links on this site, we may earn an affiliate commission — at no additional cost to you. Here's exactly how it works and how we keep our rankings honest.
Affiliate commissions
We participate in the Amazon Associates program and other retailer affiliate networks. When a reader clicks a "Check price" link and completes a qualifying purchase, we receive a small percentage of the sale from the retailer.
Rankings are independent
Commission rates never influence rankings, scores, or verdicts. Our workload-fit scores are computed from published specifications and reproducible benchmarks — not from what pays best.
No pay-to-play reviews
We don't accept payment for positive reviews, and we don't remove critical coverage in exchange for affiliate deals. Sponsored placements, when they exist, are labeled "Sponsored" or "Partner".
Prices from the retailer
All prices, availability, and shipping terms come from the retailer at the moment of click. We don't set or mark up prices. What you pay is exactly what the retailer shows on their checkout page.
What "affiliate link" means
An affiliate link is a URL that includes a tracking tag identifying Laptops.computer as the referring site. If you follow such a link and buy a product, the retailer pays us a commission out of their margin. The price you pay is not affected.
On our site, most "Check price" and "View deal" buttons on product cards, category pages, and comparison pages are affiliate links. In-article links to informational resources (documentation, manufacturer spec sheets, news reports) are not.
Programs we participate in
- Amazon Associates — as an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.
- Manufacturer and reseller affiliate programs (Best Buy, Lenovo, HP, Dell, Microsoft Store, Apple, and others) where available.
How we score laptops
Every laptop in our index is scored on the same workload-fit rubric: NPU TOPS, sustained thermals, RAM and memory bandwidth, local LLM tokens/sec, battery under load, and price. See the Workload-Fit methodology for the formula. Nothing in that formula reflects commission rates.
Questions or corrections
Spot a stale price, broken link, or inaccurate spec? Reach the editorial team through the partners page. We update the index continuously.
Last updated: July 25, 2026