If you need a computer with a long lasting battery to get you through a busy day, the Acer Aspire E 15 E5-575-33BM 15.6-Inch Full HD Notebook comes equipped with 12 hours of battery life – the best battery on this list.

12 hours is more than enough to last the day if you make sure to charge it the night before. The 7th Generation Intel Core i3-7100U Processor (2.4GHz, 3MB L3 cache) is very powerful for having multiple tabs open and viewing HD videos when combined with 4GB DDR4 Memory.

This laptop has plenty of storage with 1 terabyte available on its 5400RPM hard drive. Watching video on the 15.6″ Full HD Widescreen ComfyView LED-backlit Display supporting Acer ColorBlast technology makes for a great viewing experience.

This laptop does not have a touchscreen, but it has a touchpad with advanced capabilities that give you more control. This laptop has every convenience you need for work or school plus enough built in hardware capability to know that it will last you a while before it ever slows down.

Flip-and-fold laptops under $500 that actually perform well are hard to come by these days. This may be the best 2017 laptop design that gives you the convenience of being able to use your computer as either a laptop or a tablet.

The screen folds 360 degrees to meet the bottom of the keyboard. This HP laptop is one of the best laptops under $500 and is up to date with a 6th generation Intel Core i3-61ooU 2.3GHz Dual Core processor. 6GB of SDRAM and a 500GB hard drive make this under 500 laptop ready for anything you throw at it.

Loaded with Windows 10, an 8 hour battery life and weighing at 3.66 pounds, this HP laptop is a sleek option with its silver design.

The 13.3” display is a classic dimension for laptops: not too big and not too little so that you can comfortably carry the laptop with you and not sacrifice too much screen size. Give the HP Pavilion X360 2-in-1 Touchscreen laptop a try if you need a workhorse to go with you from home to work or school on a regular basis.

If you’re looking for a great touchscreen laptop under 500 dollars, HP’s 15.6” touchscreen laptop newly updated for 2017 will suit your everyday computer needs.

This incredibly affordable HP 15.6 touchscreen laptop comes with an LED backlit screen and a DVD/-RW drive, making it one of the best laptops for watching and editing movies with its bigger screen size. The Intel Pentium N3540 Quad-Core processor has a processing speed of 2.16 GHz up to 2.66GHz with their Max Turbo Technology.

This touchscreen HP laptop is also loaded with 4GB DDR3L SDRAM system memory and 500GB 5400RPM SATA hard drive. All this does cut into the battery life a little bit at 5 hours, but if you want a comfortable screen in a powerful and versatile, yet inexpensive laptop then this is the one for you.

With multiple ports built in for ethernet, HDMI, USB and a built in VGA webcam with microphone, this touchscreen laptop has the capability to serve any work, educational or creative function you need to accomplish with it.

This 2017 touchscreen laptop from Dell is under 500 and it comes with a nice sized screen. This is the great all-purpose traditional laptop on this list, not too many bells and whistles here.

Just enough memory to multitask without slowing down at 4GB DDR memory and save some pictures with 500GB of storage. This Intel Core i3 laptop from Dell has a 1 megapixel high definition webcam built in so that you can video chat with anyone you need to.

Dell Inspiron 15.6 comes with Windows 8.1 built in, so if you are not a fan of Windows 10 this is the laptop to pick with the previous version, which some people prefer. Everything else about this laptop is up-to-date though, making it a great basic choice for someone who just needs a touchscreen laptop that is reliable.

This small sized Lenovo 11.6” touchscreen laptop runs on Chrome OS. This 2017 PC is one of the best laptops under $500 for 2017. It has plenty of great built in features including Bluetooth and a 720p HD webcam that is a rotatable camera.

You should get this laptop if you are looking for a Chromebook to browse the web and watch streaming video on, or if you need a small, portable and lightweight laptop to carry to classes or work. With built in speakers, integrated HD audio and a memory card reader, you will not need any accessories for this Lenovo 11.6” HD IPS Touchscreen Laptop.

A 1.6GHz Intel Celeron N3060, 2MB Cache Dual-Core Processor with 4GB of memory and a 16GB solid state hard drive makes this laptop very well-equipped for the price. Weighing at 2.8 pounds and with up to 10 hours of battery life, this may be the small touchscreen Chrome OS laptop you’ve been looking for!

This is a great mid-size laptop to suit both your work and entertainment needs. At less than $300, the 2017 ASUS laptop has an attractive dark blue design to protect its powerful built in hardware. The 14 inch TrueLife Full HD LED backlit display gives video on this laptop an incredibly sharp quality.

Numbers for processing speed and memory are an included Intel Celeron Dual-core processor N3060 with a 2MB Cache, which runs from 1.6GHz up to 2.48GHz. For memory, you get 4GB DDR3 RAM, 32GB Flash eMMC storage, perfect for work and school needs but for creative needs such as better photo and video storage and playback you may want to consider upgrading the memory or picking a different laptop.

With built in Windows 10, a 720p HD webcam, all the ports you need and measuring only .8” thin, ASUS Premium High Performance 14 laptop is perfect for college or work. That being said, it does not come with an optical drive. So if burning discs is your thing, you will need a laptop with a disc drive.

With a 10th generation InteI Core processors, 13-inch FHD display, Intel Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.0—the Lenovo Chromebook Flex 5 is one of the best options available on the market when it comes to laptops under $500.

This Lenovo Chromebook is a 2-in-1 laptop; it comes with a keyboard and a touch screen. It’s powered by an Intel 10th gen Core i3 processor and provides a battery life of up to 10 hours. User-facing stereo speakers and the IPS FHD display makes the deal even sweeter.

It’s a 360° convertible design which is to say that it functions both as a laptop and a tablet; just flip it over and start using it as a tablet. One of the best features of this model is its full backlit keyboard with 1.4 mm key travel distance; it’s designed for optimal comfort and it shows. The typing experience with this model is unparalleled.

The narrow bezels and the impressive Full HD IPS display makes watching videos a proper experience; the picture is crisp, clear with vibrant details and almost no distortion—putting the Lenovo Chromebook’s display up there with some of the most expensive models on the market.