AIRANKS — The Authoritative Rankings for AI Web Content

AIRANKS measures AI visibility: we ask AI models real product and service questions, capture the complete answers as immutable observations, and publish what they contain — which brands were mentioned, which domains were cited, and which exact pages were linked. Every domain gets an AIR score from 1–10 (a decile of visibility in the active dataset; 0 means insufficient data), with the methodology in the open.

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The Question

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Best budget laptop for work

Lenovo takes the top spot in 100.0% of resamples. Of 8 ranked brands, only 3 hold a position we'd call firm.

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Who AI Cites For This Question

25 cited pages · bars vs the leader

These are the 5 best laptops under $500 we tested to find the budget winnerswww.tomsguide.comtomsguide.com/best-picks/best-lapt…00?utm=airanks.net124
The best budget laptops in 2026: Top value picks, fully tested | Tom's Guidewww.tomsguide.comtomsguide.com/best-picks/best-budg…ps?utm=airanks.net56
Acer Aspire Go 15 15.6" Laptop Ryzen 5 7520U 16GB RAM 512GB SSD Radeon 610M Graphics Windows 11 AG15 21PT R641 Pure Silver - Best Buywww.bestbuy.combestbuy.com/product/acer-aspire-go…88?utm=airanks.net54
Best laptops under $500: Top budget choices for 2026 | PCWorldwww.pcworld.compcworld.com/article/699203/best-la…ml?utm=airanks.net43
The 4 Best Laptops Under $500 of 2026 - RTINGS.comwww.rtings.comrtings.com/laptop/reviews/best/by-…00?utm=airanks.net32
IdeaPad Slim 3 (15 inch AMD) | Versatile Laptop | Lenovo USwww.lenovo.comlenovo.com/us/en/p/laptops/ideapad…1/?utm=airanks.net27
Stop buying 8GB laptops: The best $500 picks with 16GB RAM | TechRadarwww.techradar.comtechradar.com/pro/stop-buying-8gb-…am?utm=airanks.net26
ThinkPad E Series 14 - 14.9" Laptops | Lenovo USwww.lenovo.comlenovo.com/buy/us/en/thinkpad-e-se…0a?utm=airanks.net25

The Ranking, With Its Uncertainty

Lenovo locked Lenovo — ci 1.00–1.00 · n=413 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 88% of answers
Acer locked Acer — ci 0.86–0.86 · n=413 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 74% of answers
ASUS soft ASUS — ci 0.57–0.71 · n=413 · 71.2% of resamples held this rank · named in 31% of answers
Microsoft soft Microsoft — ci 0.57–0.71 · n=413 · 71.2% of resamples held this rank · named in 37% of answers
HP soft HP — ci 0.14–0.43 · n=413 · 65.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 17% of answers
Apple contested Apple — ci 0.14–0.43 · n=413 · 58.8% of resamples held this rank · named in 21% of answers
Dell firm Dell — ci 0.14–0.43 · n=413 · 82.1% of resamples held this rank · named in 15% of answers
LG gathering LG — gathering data, n=413. No bootstrap interval yet.

The Incomparability Lattice

what the intervals separate, not what the list claims

An edge means one brand's interval sits strictly above another's — zero overlap. No edge between two brands is not a gap in the drawing, it is the finding: their intervals overlap, and the bootstrap cannot tell them apart. Brands on the same rung are incomparable, not tied — the ranking above orders them anyway because a list has to print a total order; this diagram is the honest version.

Lenovo

1.00–1.00

Acer

0.86–0.86

ASUS

0.57–0.71

Microsoft

0.57–0.71

HP

0.14–0.43

Apple

0.14–0.43

Dell

0.14–0.43