Best Laptop Deals: Premium, Budget and Gaming Models With Big Discounts [CNET]
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Best Laptop Deals: Premium, Budget and Gaming Models With Big Discounts [CNET]

Joshua Goldman

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It’s a great time to upgrade any tech with another sales season almost upon us. Yes, October’s Prime Day is set to offer plenty of big discounts across plenty of top brands with some deals already live. Whether it’s one of the best Chromebooks or a Dell gaming laptop or just a budget model to get you by, we have them all. 

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With that in mind, you can find all the latest laptop deals below ranging from premium to budget and beyond.

Best laptop deals and PC sales

This is an extremely limited-time deal from Best Buy (less than 24 hours at the time of writing) for an Asus Vivobook for just $220. That’s a big $210 discount that equates to almost a 50% deduction. It has a 14-inch screen, an Intel Core i3 processor, 128GB SSD, a quiet blue color design and 8GB RAM. A great budget option for the basics.

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This larger-screen version of the MacBook Air has the M2 chip and includes 8GB of RAM and a 256GB SSD. Even better, it’s $200 off right now. Plus, at Best Buy you can save up to $825 in trade-in credit depending on what you have to trade in.

At its regular price, this little budget laptop is a great choice, and now it’s even better after dipping down to just $300. Our CNET reviews team named this laptop the best entry-level laptop out there, citing decent performance for its price and a long battery life among its attributes.

A midrange gaming laptop at a bargain price, you’ll save over $350 on this 15.6-inch 8GB laptop with excellent resolution, 11-hour battery life, an Nvidia GeForce RTX graphics card and the Omen gaming hub.

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Battery Life/Runtime 1,039 minutesWeight 2.7 poundsDisplay size/type 13.6-inch 2560 x 1664 Liquid RetinaProcessor tested Apple M2 8‑coreGraphics tested Apple M2 8‑core

If you’re a fan of Apple, this MacBook Air deal is the perfect chance to snag a new laptop for just $849, down from its usual asking price of $999. It has a speedy M2 chip that still lets you take on multiple tasks and offers 8GB of RAM and a 256GB SSD. It was $50 cheaper last week, mind.

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This HP Chromebook model is super cheap and very affordable at $159. For your day-to-day essentials, you can’t go wrong. Under the hood, it has an Intel Celeron processor, Intel UHD graphics card, 4GB RAM, 64GB storage and 14-inch screen capable of 1,366 x 768 resolution.

What should you look for in a laptop deal?

One of the biggest things to consider is which laptop configuration is on sale. Often, with the best laptop deals, only a specific version of the laptop is on sale and making any changes could affect the price. This means that sometimes you’ll find the 512GB model cheaper than the 256GB option or a similar situation.

When are the best laptop deals available?

Generally, you’ll find the best laptop deals during back-to-school shopping time in late summer or early fall and a bit later in the year during Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales. There are laptop deals throughout the year, but if you’re looking for the best deal and can afford to wait, these are typically the best times to buy one.

Which retailers usually offer the best laptop deals?

You can usually find deals across a variety of retailers when it comes to laptops. Best Buy, Amazon, Newegg and other retailers tend to offer sales on more specific models, while manufacturers including HP, Lenovo and Dell usually host larger sales that cover more models and configurations. If you’re looking for a specific model, you’ll want to keep checking back weekly for the latest deals.


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