Best value for money laptops for professional video editing

The Apple MacBook Air is a popular choice as it comes with the company’s much talked about M1 processor. The processor brings a ton of efficiency and power for video editors on this 13-inch sleek laptop. On top of performance, you get a claimed battery life of up to 18 hours, and the company claims it can offer up to 3.5x faster performance via CPU and up to 5x for graphics-intensive apps and games. It comes with a 16-core Neural engine for machine learning and 8GB of RAM and fast SSD storage. The 13-inch Retina display is also impressive.The MacBook Air 13-inch is one of the lightest professional laptops available in the market.

The Asus ZenBook Duo comes packed with top-notch specs. It has an 11th Gen Intel Core i5-1135G7 processor with 2.4 GHz base speed, up to 4.2 GHz TurboBoost speed. It is topped with 8GB RAM and 512GB SSD (PCIe 3.0). For graphics, it runs Intel Iris X, which is the proprietary GPU on Intel laptops. The display is a 14-inch Full HD LED, with a 93% screen to body ratio. The company claims a 17 hours battery life. Additionally, it has tons of connectivity ports and a good keyboard and trackpad.Asus claims 17 hours of battery life on this laptop, which should come in handy for those who work on the go.

The Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 runs AMD Ryzen 7 5800HS that has 2.8GHz base speed and up to 4.4GHz TurboBoost speed. It has 8GB RAM which is upgradeable to 24GB using the extra slot, and has 521GB SSD which can also be expanded up to 1TB. For graphics, it has an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650, which enhances graphics performance on its 14-inch full HD display that has 60Hz refresh rate. The laptop is 1.79mm thin despite all the heavy hardware, and the battery is claimed to last up to 12 hours. It has all the necessary ports and slots.The ROG Zephyrus G14 comes with an expansion slot for RAM, which supports up to 24GB.

The MSI Prestige 14 is another hefty machine for gaming enthusiasts. It has Intel Core i7 10th Gen processor and 16GB RAM with 512GB SSD. The display is 14-inch with full HD resolution and thin bezels. For graphics, it has 2GB NVIDIA GeForce MX250, which ensures decent video editing power for beginners. For connectivity, it has 2 x Thunderbolt 3 (PD charging) 2x Type-A USB3.2 Gen2 1x Micro SD slot.The MSI Prestige comes with tons of connectivity options which make the job of a video editor much easier.

The HP Pavilion Gaming laptop comes with 10th gen Intel i5 chipset with 8GB DDR4 RAM and 1TV 7200rpm hard drive with 256GB SSD. It comes with a huge 16-inch display that comes in handy for gaming, video editing aside from its 4GB NVIDIA GeForce 1650Ti graphics card. The laptop is sleek and lightweight at just 2.35kg, which is less for a gaming laptop.This laptop comes with a combination of HDD and SSD for faster storage without compromise on size.