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Lenovo LOQ 15 named only gaming laptop worth buying under $1,500

Lenovo's own site lists an RTX 5050 model at $999, down from $1,160; Wired still calls it the pick in a market squeezed by a memory shortage.

On air: Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield on BBN After Hours
Published 4:14 AM ET, Monday, November 2, 2026

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First reported by Wired: “Lenovo LOQ 15: The Only Gaming Laptop Worth Buying Below $1,500”, with reporting from techbytes.app, Tom's Hardware and Notebookcheck.
Covered on BBN on Monday, November 2, 2026, at 4:14 AM ET on BBN After Hours, by Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield.

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WiredLenovo LOQ 15: The Only Gaming Laptop Worth Buying Below $1,500
techbytes.appLenovo LOQ 15: The Only Gaming Laptop Worth Buying Below $1,500 November 1, 2026 · facts used on air
Tom's HardwareLenovo Legion LOQ 15 review: Solid gaming performance, but needs more RAM and storage facts used on air
NotebookcheckNotebookcheck Logo January 1, 2026 · facts used on air

Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentWired says the Lenovo LOQ 15 is the only gaming laptop worth buying under fifteen hundred dollars, and Amazon currently lists one with an RTX 5060 for thirteen hundred.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThat sounds like a decent deal. Is it?
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentIn the first few months of this year it sold for under a thousand dollars, and in January Notebookcheck found an RTX 5050 model at five ninety-nine with a coupon.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentProduction constraints pushed prices up after that.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo it didn't improve. It just stayed up while everyone else got deleted.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentExactly. It won the way the last person at a party wins. Tom's Hardware says twelve ninety-nine should be a non-starter.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentLenovo's own site has the RTX 5050 at nine ninety-nine, though.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentFourteen percent off a list price that used to be the sale price.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentWired calls it the only one worth buying, and Tom's Hardware calls it a non-starter. So it's the only choice, and you shouldn't make it.