Unless you have your heart set on a MacBook or the latest flagship from Dell or HP, laptops can be difficult to buy. It can also be one of the most expensive tech purchases you make – so it’s a good idea to save as much money as you can. October’s Prime Day It’s brought some serious sales to Amazon’s laptop department, so it’s worth Prime members considering upgrading their daily drivers to check out the discounts. If you want to really customize your next daily driver, we generally recommend going directly to the manufacturer. However, if you get a pre-configured model, you can find good deals on Amazon right now. These are the best October Prime Day deals on laptops we could find.
Prime Day deals on Apple MacBooks
MacBooks are not exempt from our general laptop-buying advice: if you really want to make your next MacBook your own, you should go directly to Apple to get the features you want. However, you can often find solid deals on entry-level machines and even some configurations with extra storage on Amazon.
Prime Day discounts on Windows laptops
There are so many different varieties of Windows laptops that it can be difficult to choose the best one for you. Whether you’re eyeing a premium gaming machine or an upgraded model that’s just a bit better than your current daily driver, Prime Day deals on laptops can help you save some money on your next purchase.
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LG 15.6-inch Gram Laptop for $1,425 ($575 off): This ultra-thin laptop features a Core Ultra 7, 32GB of RAM and a 2TB SSD, plus a 15-inch FHD OLED display with superior contrast ratio and true-to-life colors.
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Acer 16-inch Nitro Gaming Laptop for $800 ($200 off): In addition to the Ryzen 5 7640HS processor and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 GPU, this gaming laptop has 8 GB of RAM, 512 GB of storage and a 16-inch WUXGA display with a maximum refresh rate of 165 Hz.
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Acer 16-inch Predator Triton Neo gaming laptop for $1,500 ($400 off): Along with AI capabilities, you get an Intel Core Ultra 9 processor, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 graphics card, 32GB RAM and 1TB SSD in this 16-inch gaming laptop.
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ASUS 16-inch ROG Strix G16 (2024) $1100 ($300 off): One of ASUS’ latest gaming laptops, this model runs on an Intel Core i7 processor and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 graphics, plus it comes with 16GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD.
Prime Day deals on Chromebooks
If you spend most of your time in the browser, Chromebooks remain a viable alternative to traditional laptops. But unlike the space a few years ago, there are more powerful Chromebooks available now than ever before. Prime Day offers a good opportunity to save on all kinds of Chromebooks, but it’s also good for high-end ones.
Expired Prime Day deals
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