When you're on the hunt for the best laptop under $500, you need to be careful. In the highly competitive laptop market, you get what you pay for. That means it can be very dangerous to buy a ...

If you type “laptops under $500” into any search bar, you’ll be faced with a flood of results. Although you’ll see a lot of options, most aren’t worth the price, no matter the discount.

Reading this during the day? Then you've caught me testing gear and editing reviews of laptops, desktop PCs, and tons of other personal tech. (Reading this at night? Then I’m probably dreaming ...

CNET’s editors have tested and reviewed many, many laptops from Acer, Asus, Lenovo, Dell and HP, so we can spot the best cheap laptops when we see them. Even Apple now has a bargain with the M1 ...