Five Budget Laptops That Now Outshine the MacBook Air on Price
Apple’s price hike for MacBooks and iPads pushed the MacBook Air prices higher, but five powerful, mostly Windows laptops—Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x Gen 11, Microsoft Surface Laptop 13, HP OmniBook 5, Asus ZenBook A14 (2026), and Lenovo Slim 7i Aura Edition—now undercut the Air while offering similar portability, strong performance (with Snapdragon X2 Plus/Elite), and appealing displays/ports.