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 laptop for college computer science

Apple takes the top spot in 100.0% of resamples. Of 8 ranked brands, only 5 hold a position we'd call firm.

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Who AI Cites For This Question

25 cited pages · bars vs the leader

Best College Laptops: Tested Picks for Research, Writing, Gaming and More | Tom's Hardwarewww.tomshardware.comtomshardware.com/best-picks/best-c…ps?utm=airanks.net72
Microsoft Word - Minimum Laptop Specifications 26-27 v3.docxwww.uc.eduuc.edu/content/dam/refresh/ceas-62…df?utm=airanks.net71
Framework | Order a Framework Laptop 13 with AMD Ryzen™ AI 300 Seriesframe.workframe.work/laptop13?utm=airanks.net68
Apple introduces the new MacBook Air with M5 - Applewww.apple.comapple.com/newsroom/2026/03/apple-i…5/?utm=airanks.net52
ROG Zephyrus G14 (2026) | Lightweight, AI Gaming Laptoprog.asus.comrog.asus.com/us/laptops/rog-zephyr…c/?utm=airanks.net48
Best Laptops for College Students (2026): MacBooks and Beyond | WIREDwww.wired.comwired.com/story/best-college-laptops/?utm=airanks.net41

The Ranking, With Its Uncertainty

Apple locked Apple — ci 1.00–1.00 · n=412 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 97% of answers
Lenovo locked Lenovo — ci 0.86–0.86 · n=412 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 97% of answers
ASUS locked ASUS — ci 0.71–0.71 · n=412 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 39% of answers
Framework firm Framework — ci 0.43–0.57 · n=412 · 85.2% of resamples held this rank · named in 25% of answers
Dell firm Dell — ci 0.43–0.57 · n=412 · 85.2% of resamples held this rank · named in 20% of answers
Microsoft soft Microsoft — ci 0.00–0.29 · n=412 · 69.7% of resamples held this rank · named in 3% of answers
Acer contested Acer — ci 0.00–0.29 · n=412 · 52.7% of resamples held this rank · named in 3% of answers
HP soft HP — ci 0.00–0.29 · n=412 · 67.5% of resamples held this rank · named in 3% of answers

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.

Apple

1.00–1.00

Lenovo

0.86–0.86

ASUS

0.71–0.71

Framework

0.43–0.57

Dell

0.43–0.57

Microsoft

0.00–0.29

Acer

0.00–0.29

HP

0.00–0.29