I Found the 5 Best Early Prime Big Deal Days Sales on Laptops

We’re less than a week away from Prime Big Deal Days, Amazon’s annual fall sale. We’re already starting to see price drops on tech before October 7 hits, though. If you’re in the market for a new laptop, we’ve surfaced five incredible offers for as much as 23% off top-tier portables we’ve reviewed. Smart shoppers know that presale bargains are the way to go, so snag one of these PCs before they disappear.

Apple MacBook Deal

Apple makes some of the best ultra-premium laptops on the market, and an early $200 price cut on the exceptional MacBook Pro’s latest release is worth celebrating. In our review, we gave this luxurious laptop an “Excellent” rating, raving over the Retina XDR display with a 120Hz refresh rate and killer color accuracy. The M4 processor is one of the best chips Apple has made to date, enabling seamless performance on even the most demanding apps and games. It looks great, feels great and has surprisingly extensive battery life to boot.

Budget Laptop Deal

Budget laptops don’t have to disappoint, as the remarkably capable Acer Aspire Go 15 proves. In our review, we gave it an “Excellent” rating, with contributing editor Eric Grevstad declaring that it “fills an important value niche” with a solid port loadout, decent components including an eight-core Intel 3 processor and 8GB of RAM. Connectivity is also solid, with Wi-Fi 6 out of the box. We had some issues with keyboard comfort, but overall this is a real bargain at $300, especially for students.

Convertible Laptop Deal

For something a little more flexible, we’re quite fond of Microsoft’s convertible Surface laptop, which comes with a detachable keyboard and stand so you can use it as a tablet, a free-standing display or a traditional laptop. In our review, we praised its gorgeous OLED display, Wi-Fi 7 connectivity and diverse Copilot Plus AI tools that get better by the day. The Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite processor includes a dedicated NPU for transformer-based calculations, putting real-time translation, AI-powered photo editing and more at your fingertips. A $200 price cut is a sweet treat.

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Chromebook Deal

Chromebooks are becoming very close competitors to budget-priced PC portables, and this Acer is one of the best at a low price. We gave it an “Excellent” rating in our review, with praise going to the Vero 514’s competent component loadout, including an eight-core Intel processor and good amount of RAM. The plastic and metal chassis meets MIL-STD 810H durability standards, and plenty of ports on both sides give you room to expand. Amazon has a pre-Big Deal Days discount of 23% on this already affordable machine.

Gaming Laptop Deal

We’re always bullish on Lenovo laptops, but can’t help noticing that they’re steeply priced. That’s certainly the case with this ultra-powerful gaming portable, but the cost matches its capabilities. Under the hood, you get the new RTX 5080, our top pick for current-generation cards, as well as a zippy Intel Core Ultra 9 processor, a whopping 64GB of RAM, and more. In our review of the latest Legion Pro 7i, we raved about its refreshed design, attractive chassis lighting, and comfy keyboard. A 20% discount makes it a lot easier to swallow.

Take a look at all of our early Prime Big Deal Days roundups to get a head start on all the savings:

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K. Thor Jensen

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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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