Consumer Protection Week 2025: ‘The best laptops of 2025 are repairable’ guide helps you choose fixable devices

NEW YORK — To mark consumer protection week, U.S. PIRG Education Fund is releasing an updated “The best laptops of 2025 are repairable” guide. The guide calculates a grade based on repairability scores for the most popular laptop brands on the market. Companies that design their devices to last receive a good grade, while those “failing the fix” receive poor grades.

“Consumers pay good money for their laptops, and they deserve ones that can be fixed if they break,” said Lucas Rockett Gutterman, the Designed to Last campaign director with U.S. PIRG Education Fund. “When it comes to repairability, you don’t always get what you pay for. People want to buy from companies that respect our right to repair and ensure that their devices are designed to last.”

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This year’s guide shows that despite some improvements from top brands such as ASUS and Acer, most of these computers remain difficult to repair. Notably, you don’t always get what you pay for: More expensive brands aren’t necessarily more repairable. For example, Apple Macbooks remain difficult to repair but cheaper Asus and Dell laptops are easier to open up and fix. Lenovo received a failing grade due to not providing the repair scoring information graded in U.S. PIRG Education Fund’s “Failing the Fix” report.

Currently 20 state legislatures are actively considering Right to Repair bills. Two states, New York and Pennsylvania, are mulling over legislation that would require tech retailers to display repair scores for the devices they sell. Colorado passed a resolution calling for repair scores in 2024 and Oregon introduced a similar resolution this year. These scores, similar to fuel economy stickers on cars and to the grades calculated in “Failing the Fix,” educate and provide transparency for consumers to help them choose repairable products. The scores also incentivize companies to make their devices more repairable. 

“Repair scorecards provide vital information for consumers to make informed decisions when purchasing personal devices,” Gutterman said. “If a phone or laptop can be fixed and used for years, it offers more long-term value for a customer. And by keeping those devices in use, we can reduce electronic waste.”

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