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 pc

Dell takes the top spot in 100.0% of resamples. Of 12 ranked brands, only 8 hold a position we'd call firm.

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Who AI Cites For This Question

25 cited pages · bars vs the leader

The best Windows laptops to buy in 2026, tested by experts | Tom's Guidewww.tomsguide.comtomsguide.com/computing/laptops/be…ps?utm=airanks.net311
Best Windows laptops 2026: Our top 9 picks for Windows 11 | Windows Centralwww.windowscentral.comwindowscentral.com/best-windows-laptop?utm=airanks.net141
The best laptops in 2026 — tested, reviewed, and worth your money | Tom's Guidewww.tomsguide.comtomsguide.com/computing/laptops/be…ps?utm=airanks.net108
I test gaming laptops all year - here are the only 8 I recommend in 2026www.tomsguide.comtomsguide.com/best-picks/best-gami…ps?utm=airanks.net74
Don’t overpay: Here's the best laptops for students I'd buy right now for back to school | Tom's Guidewww.tomsguide.comtomsguide.com/computing/laptops/do…ol?utm=airanks.net63
Best Laptops 2026: Our benchmarked picks for productivity, portability, and battery life | Tom's Hardwarewww.tomshardware.comtomshardware.com/laptops/best-laptops?utm=airanks.net42
Best laptops 2026: Premium, budget, gaming, 2-in-1, and more | PCWorldwww.pcworld.compcworld.com/article/436674?utm=airanks.net39
I used the two best new $699 Windows laptops to see which one you should buy - Does Acer's Swift Air 14 beat Dell's awesome XPS 13?www.windowscentral.comwindowscentral.com/hardware/laptop…14?utm=airanks.net38
I tested the Dell14S for a week - and its epic battery life blew me awaywww.tomsguide.comtomsguide.com/computing/laptops/de…ew?utm=airanks.net37

The Ranking, With Its Uncertainty

Dell locked Dell — ci 1.00–1.00 · n=413 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 94% of answers
Lenovo locked Lenovo — ci 0.91–0.91 · n=413 · 99.8% of resamples held this rank · named in 75% of answers
ASUS locked ASUS — ci 0.82–0.82 · n=413 · 99.8% of resamples held this rank · named in 67% of answers
Microsoft locked Microsoft — ci 0.73–0.73 · n=413 · 97.8% of resamples held this rank · named in 43% of answers
Acer locked Acer — ci 0.64–0.64 · n=413 · 97.8% of resamples held this rank · named in 36% of answers
HP firm HP — ci 0.36–0.55 · n=413 · 81.7% of resamples held this rank · named in 24% of answers
Apple contested Apple — ci 0.36–0.55 · n=413 · 49.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 23% of answers
Razer contested Razer — ci 0.36–0.55 · n=413 · 59.9% of resamples held this rank · named in 30% of answers
Samsung locked Samsung — ci 0.27–0.27 · n=413 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 10% of answers
Alienware soft Alienware — ci 0.09–0.18 · n=413 · 68.8% of resamples held this rank · named in 7% of answers
Framework soft Framework — ci 0.09–0.18 · n=413 · 68.7% of resamples held this rank · named in 6% of answers
MSI locked MSI — ci 0.00–0.00 · n=413 · 99.8% of resamples held this rank · named in 2% 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.

Dell

1.00–1.00

Lenovo

0.91–0.91

ASUS

0.82–0.82

Microsoft

0.73–0.73

Acer

0.64–0.64

HP

0.36–0.55

Apple

0.36–0.55

Razer

0.36–0.55

Samsung

0.27–0.27

Alienware

0.09–0.18

Framework

0.09–0.18

MSI

0.00–0.00