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Report: Laptop prices roughly double the average consumer budget

A report finds laptop prices have risen to about twice what the average consumer budgets, driven by a prolonged chip shortage and soaring memory costs; an expert says the higher prices may persist.

Published Aug 3, 2026, 7:00 AM EDT | LehighValleyLive

As the years-long chip shortage and skyrocketing memory costs persist, consumers are continuously presented with more and more expensive tech products.