if you are inside laptop market but want to spend your money wisely, you’re in luck. by Amazon Prime Day deals takes place on October 8 and 9, and you’ll find some of our favorite laptops on sale. Not sure how to choose which one is best for you? We have Complete guide to buying oneas well as instructions on Best laptop, Best cheap laptops, The best MacBooksAnd The best Chromebooks.
We test all year round and cross-check all of these prices using third-party software. These are the best discounted machines available, from Windows models to Chromebooks to MacBooks. As always, you’ll need an Amazon Prime membership to get the sale price, but you can sign up for a free trial and Prime offers many perks.
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MacBook Air supports M3 (7/10, WIRED recommended) isn’t much different from the M2 model, but it’s a great choice, especially if you want a reliable laptop for everyday tasks and more. It has an attractive 13.6-inch LCD display and a notch with a 1080p webcam. Meanwhile, the M3 will give you a better performance boost than the original M1. You can also use it with two external displays, which is an upgrade from the single external display support with older chips.
According to rumors, MacBooks supporting M4 may be released this month. But the MacBook Pro M3 just came out a year ago, so it’s still a great choice. It has a brighter display with mini-LED and a 120 Hz refresh rate, along with a 1080p webcam. It also comes with plenty of ports, including two USB-C ports with Thunderbolt 4, HDMI, a MagSafe charging port, a high-impedance headphone jack, and an SD card slot. We recommend it if you’re looking for a MacBook Pro without spending $2,000 or more.
If you want a MacBook with a large screen, the 15-inch Air (8/10, WIRED recommended) is a great choice. It has all the same features as the smaller version, including a modern design and a 1080p webcam, along with an M3 chip inside. With an 8-core CPU and 10-core GPU on the base model, it can easily handle a variety of tasks. However, we recommend upgrading to at least 16 GB of memory to ensure it can handle multiple apps and tabs simultaneously and smoothly.
Razer Blade 18 (8/10, WIRED recommended) delivers raw power in a stunning design—complete with a massive 18-inch Mini LED display with a 300 Hz screen refresh rate and G-Sync compatibility. It also has Nvidia’s RTX 4070 graphics card and a Thunderbolt 5 port for faster data transfer speeds.
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This is a solid 2-in-1 product Chromebooks That’s great for traveling. The 14-inch IPS LCD panel (with a resolution of 1,920 X 1,200 pixels) is sharp, the speakers sound good and are surprisingly loud, and the Intel Core i3 delivers good performance. It doesn’t have the best battery life, but you can still get through a full work day on a single charge.
This Chromebook (7/10, WIRED recommended) holds the title of “Best Battery Life” in Guide to the best Chromebooks. We get 10 to 11 hours of continuous juice. It comes with a few trade-offs. For example, it has a low-end MediaTek 520 processor and only 4 GB of RAM, so it has difficulty keeping up with certain tasks (including opening multiple tabs at once). The display isn’t great either, and the 64GB storage is quite stuffy. But if all you care about is not having to constantly plug it into a charger or spend too much money, it’s a solid choice—especially at this price. It is best suited for simple web-based tasks and word processing.
This is our favorite Cheap 15 inch laptop. It integrates an Intel Core i5 (or AMD 5000 series chip), 8 GB RAM, a 15.6-inch IPS display (1,920 x 1,080 pixels), and multiple ports including Ethernet, USB, USB-C, HDMI, and headphone jack. It also has a pretty good keyboard, and at 4 pounds, it’s super light. It’s definitely great for most everyday tasks, too.
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Professional surface (6/10, WIRED Review) To be Our favorite 2-in-1 surfacebut it’s expensive. It works well as a tablet, but we don’t recommend it Flex Keyboard for a more comfortable experience overall. We wouldn’t recommend buying it at full price, though, so if you’ve been eyeing it for a while then you should definitely grab it while it’s on sale.
Acer Nitro V (8/10, WIRED recommended) has been replaced in our guide by newer, newer options, but we still think it’s a great laptop. This isn’t the most premium gaming laptop out there, but it has enough power to handle most games you can play on it. This version is more upgraded than the model we tested, with an Nvidia RTX 4050 GPU and a 144 Hz 1080p display.
Tablet deals
Do you need a laptop? Actually? Really, really? There are several Great tablet out there might be good enough for most of us.
This is The best Android tablets you can buy. The OnePlus Pad 2 has interesting spec updates across the board compared to the first-generation model, such as a slightly larger 12.1-inch LCD display that’s brighter and sharper to the touch. It is now powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset, the flagship processor for most of 2024 Android phonewith double RAM and internal storage. It no longer comes in green, which is disappointing, and there’s no biometric authentication, but otherwise, this is a great Android tablet. Its Open Canvas feature lets you multitask with three apps side by side (or two apps side by side and a third app below); It’s a much more intuitive interface than many split-screen experiences on competing devices.
For the money, you’ll be hard-pressed to find a better Android tablet than this one. Original OnePlus Pad (8/10, WIRED recommended) is still a product worth buying. For $350, you get an 11.61-inch LCD display with a 144 Hz refresh rate, a powerful MediaTek Dimensity 9000 chipset for smooth performance, and best of all, OnePlus’ excellent software.
Want an Apple slate? These products are also on sale, including the latest 10th generation iPad (7/10, WIRED Review), that’s ours the top iPad choice for most people. It comes with a 10.9-inch Liquid Retina (IPS LCD) display, a touch-ID sensor built into the power button, a USB-C port (welcome to future Apple), and a 12-megapixel rear camera. It’s powered by an A14 Bionic chip, which can handle almost anything you can do with a basic tablet like this. We’d be remiss if we didn’t mention that there are rumors of more iPads coming later this year, but even if there were, this would still be a capable tablet at this level. this price.
If you’re looking for a cheap tablet, the mid-range iPad 2021 (8/10, WIRED recommended) is still a good choice. It’s three years old and uses the older A13 Bionic chip, but it’s affordable and adequate for regular tablet use. There’s 64GB of storage on the base model, a 12-megapixel rear camera (with Center Stage support), a physical home button that supports Touch ID, and a True Tone display. It’s also compatible with a variety of accessories including the first-generation Apple Pencil and Apple Smart Keyboard.
Latest iPad Pro tablet (6/10, WIRED Review) comes with a ton of upgrades, including a larger and brighter display, a front-facing camera that’s now in landscape mode, and an updated OLED display. Powering it is the latest M4 chip, delivering snappy and smooth performance. If you don’t need a Pro but still want a bigger screen, the 13-inch iPad Air (8/10, WIRED recommended) with M2 is is also on sale for $749 ($50 off).
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Tab S9+ (7/10, WIRED recommended) has a 12.4-inch display, 120 Hz OLED refresh rate, fast performance, and an IP68 rating for water resistance. It’s a great choice if you’re looking for a tablet powerful enough to get work done during the day and stream content at night. the Tab S9 is smallerwith similar features (apart from a smaller screen) is also on sale for $684 ($116 off).
