Check Out My Picks For Early Prime Day Laptop Deals From Apple, Microsoft, and More

Struggling with your current laptop? Unfortunately, they’re not always built to go the distance. Luckily, Amazon Prime Day is the best time of the summer to snag a new laptop at a low, low price. Even though Prime Day doesn’t arrive until July 8, there are already nice discounts on Windows and Mac laptops available right now, including some Editors’ Choice-winning machines. Here are some of the best bargains we’ve found so far, with more to come.

Don’t miss out on any of the savings. Make sure to keep an eye on our round-up of the Best Early Prime Day 2025 Deals.  

Acer Laptop Deals

If you’re looking for a solid budget laptop that doesn’t break the bank, the Acer Aspire 5 is a good place to start. We gave it an “Excellent” rating in our review for its long battery life, capable performance and comfortable keyboard and touchpad that felt good after many hours of use. With a narrow-bezel 15.6” FHD IPS touch display, it’s easy on the eyes and lightweight, and an ergonomic hinge lets you position the keys and the typing surface to your liking. Connectivity supports dual-stream Wi-Fi in the 2.4GHz, 5GHz and 6GHz bands as well as Bluetooth 5.1 and above. Right now Amazon has a pre-Prime day discount of a hundred bucks.

Apple MacBook Deals

There’s no laptop experience quite like a MacBook, and we love the latest iteration of the MacBook Air. In our review, we gave this portable an Editors’ Choice award for how it combined boosted performance from the last generation of Apple ultraportables combined with a lower sticker price. Throw in a $150 pre-Prime Day discount and you’ve got an incredible deal. Apple’s M4 processor is extremely zippy, letting you run high-end creative apps with ease. It’s also the first MacBook Air to support Apple’s Neural Intelligence AI features. The screen is gorgeous, the speakers are solid, the keyboard feels good—this one’s a winner no matter how you slice it.

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Microsoft Surface Deals

The first generation of laptops optimized to work with Windows 11’s new Copilot AI features, these Microsoft Surface units couple the convenience of a tablet with the power and flexibility of a laptop. In our review, we said good things about its sturdy and stylish all-metal build, modern touchpad with haptic feedback, and lengthy battery life. The Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus processor is able and speedy, and the display is nice. It’s not quite as brute-force powerful as comparable Intel laptops, but the unique aspects of this one make up for it. Amazon has a 16% discount in advance of Prime Day.

Gaming laptops are also going to see discounts before Prime Day, and this MSI model is a solid example. While it doesn’t pump the kind of power needed to hit our list of the best gaming laptops, it’s a more than serviceable entry-level portable with a capable RTX 4060 graphics card serving up the pixels to its 15.6-inch FHD display with a 144Hz refresh rate. The keyboard and touchpad both feel good, and port selection is solid for your gaming mice and controllers. There’s plenty of room inside to boost RAM as well, and 12% off is a solid price cut.

Want to save even more money on stuff that isn’t laptops? Our deals page is where to do it.

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K. Thor Jensen is a writer and cartoonist living in the Pacific Northwest. He has contributed to dozens of prestigious outlets, including PCMag, Tested, Clickhole, and Newsweek. His second graphic novel, Cloud Stories, was released in 2017.

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