A 13-inch MacBook Air with the M5 chip, for most founders who want one laptop for work, coding and some video editing: in India it starts at ₹1,49,900 with 16GB of memory and 512GB of storage, and TechRadar's tested guide names it the best laptop overall. On a tighter budget, the MacBook Neo at ₹79,900 runs Apple's A18 Pro chip with 8GB of memory: fine for documents, calls and light design, tight for big codebases or 4K editing. If you edit video every week, the 14-inch MacBook Pro with the M6 chip starts at ₹2,39,900. On Windows, Lenovo India sells the ThinkPad E14 Gen 7 from ₹84,991 and Gen 8 from ₹95,991, with the keyboard and service network businesses buy them for. Apple India adds no-cost EMI and bank cashback on some cards. Rule: for coding or editing, buy at least 16GB of memory and 512GB of storage, whichever brand you choose.
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Apple India's own comparison of every Mac with its starting price: MacBook Neo from ₹79,900, MacBook Air from ₹1,49,900 and MacBook Pro from ₹2,39,900.
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Apple India's store page for the MacBook Air with the M5 chip in 13-inch and 15-inch sizes, every model with 16GB or 24GB of memory and 512GB or 1TB of storage.
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Apple India's store page for the MacBook Neo, its lowest-priced laptop: ₹79,900 with 256GB and ₹89,900 with 512GB, built on the A18 Pro chip with 8GB of memory.
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Apple India's store page for the MacBook Pro, from the 14-inch with the M6 chip, 16GB of memory and 1TB at ₹2,39,900 up to M5 Max models.
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Lenovo India's listing of ThinkPad E laptops, the business line with a good keyboard and service network: the E14 Gen 7 (AMD) from ₹84,991 and the E14 Gen 8 (AMD) from ₹95,991, including taxes.
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TechRadar's tested buying guide, updated November 2026. It names the MacBook Air 13-inch (M5) the best laptop overall and the MacBook Neo the best budget laptop, with Windows picks from Dell, Samsung and HP.
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A hands-on review of Apple's budget MacBook Neo: what the A18 Pro chip and 8GB of memory handle well and where they run out.
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