The following is a list of laptop recommendations (Mac & PC) split in to 3 tiers:
Low Tier
Lower Price Prioritizing Battery Life and Portability
Mid-Range
Great All-Rounder Daily Driver with Good Battery Life and Performance
High-End
Extremely High Performance for Hardcore Rendering and Heavy Workloads
Mac:
Low Tier:
2025 13.6-Inch MacBook Air
Apple M4 10-core CPU, 8-core GPU
16GB RAM
256GB SSD Storage
$999.00
Mid-Range:
2025 15.3-inch MacBook Air
Apple M4 10-core CPU, 10-core GPU
24GB RAM
512GB SSD Storage
$1,599.00
2025 14-Inch M4 MacBook Pro
Apple M4 Pro 12-core GPU, 16-core GPU
24GB RAM
512GB SSD Storage
$1,999.00
High-End:
16-Inch MacBook Pro
Apple M4 Max 16-core CPU, 40-core GPU
48GB RAM
1TB SSD Storage
$3,999.00
PC:
Low Tier :
NIMO 15.6" IPS FHD-Gaming-Laptop
14-in Display
AMD Ryzen 7 6800H 8-Core CPU
Integrated Radeon Graphics
16GB RAM
1TB SSD Storage
$999.99
ASUS Zenbook 14 UM3406HA
14-in Display
AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS 8-Core CPU
Integrated Radeon Graphics
16GB RAM
512GB SSD Storage
$1,199.99
Mid-Range:
ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 GA403UI RTX 4070 14"
14-in 3K OLED 120Hz Display
4.0 GHz Ryzen 9 8945HS CPU
Nvidia RTX 4070 Dedicated GPU w/ 8GB Memory
32 GB LPDDR5X RAM
1 TB SSD Storage
$2,399.00
HP Spectre x360 2-in-1 Laptop 14.0"
14-in 2.8k OLED 120Hz Display
Intel Evo Ultra 7-155H CPU
Integrated Intel Arc Graphics
32GB LPDDR5X RAM
2TB SSD Storage
$1,779.99
High-End:
Acer Predator Helios 18 Gaming Laptop RTX 4090
18" 2560 x 1600 IPS 250Hz 1000 nits Display
Intel 24-Core i9-14900HX CPU
64 GB DDR5 RAM
Nvidia RTX 4090 w/ 16GB memory
4TB SSD Storage
$3,799.99