How to buy a laptop when everything’s expensive
The Vergecast | 27 aug 2026 | 00:31:01
If, after months of increasingly dire RAMageddon warnings, you just now find yourself in the market for a new laptop... we're here to help. In the latest installment of our "RAMageddon Survival Guide," laptop reviewer Antonio G. Di Benedetto joins David Imel to offer his recommendations.
Further reading:
Apple announces September iPhone launch event
Xbox announces disc-to-digital feature that digitizes your physical games
Xbox’s limited-edition green Series X is already sold out
Panic is passing Playdate tariff refunds on to customers
A RAMageddon guide to back-to-school laptop shopping
An okay laptop with 16GB of RAM is better than a nice laptop with 8GB, and this $520 HP OmniBook proves it
This is my new favorite laptop, but thanks to RAMageddon the price already went up by $800
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Further reading:
Apple announces September iPhone launch event
Xbox announces disc-to-digital feature that digitizes your physical games
Xbox’s limited-edition green Series X is already sold out
Panic is passing Playdate tariff refunds on to customers
A RAMageddon guide to back-to-school laptop shopping
An okay laptop with 16GB of RAM is better than a nice laptop with 8GB, and this $520 HP OmniBook proves it
This is my new favorite laptop, but thanks to RAMageddon the price already went up by $800
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