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Best budget laptops for music production 2025: Affordable laptops for making music
By Matt McCracken last updated
I've got the latest laptops on test that will not only enable you to make music anywhere, but do it without spending a fortune – our top picks start at just $/£300

Best laptop for music production 2025: For home studios and mobile music-making - tested by experts
By Matt McCracken last updated
My pick of the best laptops for making music, plus hands-on reviews, stress testing, and what to look for when buying

Apple announces its new M5 chip and puts it in the MacBook Pro 14-inch, iPad Pro and Vision Pro headset
By Ben Rogerson published
All the new hardware is available to pre-order now

“Enough power to keep you in business for at least the next 10 years”: Apple MacBook Air M4 review
By Matt McCracken published
Apple's latest lightweight laptop makes a great case to be the centre piece of your studio

How to stress test a laptop for music production in any DAW - and why every producer should do it
By Matt McCracken published
Get the most out of your machine and find out how far your laptop can really take your recordings

Transform your MacBook into a theremin! Or a creaking door!
By Will Simpson published
You can pick up the code from GitHub

Teenage Engineering's latest experiment is a free computer case made from one piece of foldable plastic
By Matt Mullen published
"We set a goal to design the cheapest computer case in the world. Our engineers worked day and night to push the limits, and they engineered it all the way down to a cost of 0"

“We've been sleeping for 30 years. Please excuse us”: The C64 is back, packed with extra chiptune power
By Daniel Griffiths published
Fans of the original’s much-loved SID chip can now get their hands on a brand new take on the classic
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