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    The best early Black Friday laptop deals on Apple, HP, Dell, Lenovo, and more

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    A configuration of the HP Victus 15 is down to just $429.99 at Best Buy during its ongoing Black Friday festivities. Credit: HP

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    The best early Black Friday laptop deals at a glance:

    Black Friday is the absolute best time for finding good deals on laptops. (I would know: I’ve tracked them for Mashable since 2019.) And with retailers taking full advantage of the holiday’s abnormally late timing this year, running sales that span most of November, steep discounts are expected to be plentiful all month long.

    Case in point: Early Black Friday sales that are now live on HP, Lenovo, and LG‘s websites have ushered in deals across their lineups, including a $500 markdown on an excellent Windows convertible our staff has tested. Dell is also in the middle of an Early Holiday Savings event that features discounts as high as $600 on select PCs — most notably, some spiffy XPS series models.

    Meanwhile, Best Buy just dropped an initial batch of early Black Friday deals alongside some other holiday doorbusters, one of which is an HP gaming laptop that’s dipped well under $500. (It’s the only major retailer besides Target that’s already kicked off its Black Friday plans, but Walmart isn’t far behind.)

    For their part, Apple Macbooks are in an awkward spot right now: Many M2 and M3 models are on sale, but they’re sitting well above the previous record-low prices they hit in mid- to late October. Amazon and Best Buy are both running some preliminary discounts on the brand-new M4 models, which may be tempting if you’re desperate to upgrade from an M1-or-older clunker. If you’re patient, though, I think they’ll get even cheaper closer to Black Friday proper. Keep in mind that Best Buy offers a holiday price match guarantee, but Amazon doesn’t.

    I would hold off on adding most MacBooks to your cart for now, especially since we don’t know Amazon’s formal Black Friday plans just yet: Last year, it ran a great deal on a MacBook Air x Apple Care+ bundle. The Apple Store itself is probably saving its usual Black Friday gift card offer for the day of on Nov. 29 — a practical option for those enmeshed in the Apple ecosystem.

    Below, I’m keeping track of the best Black Friday laptop deals that are currently up for grabs. Bookmark this page and check back often, as I’ll be updating the list continuously in the weeks leading up to the year’s biggest shopping holiday.

    Best early Black Friday MacBook deal

    Apple MacBook Pro, 14-inch (M4, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD)

    $1,549.99 at Amazon
    $1,599.00 Save $49.01

    Why we like it

    In our all-new testing, Apple’s latest starter MacBook Pro lasted almost 17 hours on a single charge and outperformed the M3 version by 27 percent. Mashable Tech Editor Kim Gedeon was impressed by its power efficiency, its stellar speakers, and its upgraded 12MP webcam, rating it a 4.2/5, but said that “at a starting price of $1,599, it’s an investment that’s not for the faint of heart.” (On the plus side, it comes with 16GB of RAM.)

    Amazon and Best Buy have both done their best to remedy that during the M4 MacBook series’ launch week: Amazon has the base configuration marked down to $1,549.99 (or $49.01 off), while Best Buy has it on sale for a full $50 off — but only for paid My Best Buy members.

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    Why we like it

    This year’s Spectre x360 14 has an “addictive keyboard,” a “vibrant” OLED touchscreen display, and a solid battery life of over 11 hours per charge, said Gedeon. (It also comes with its own stylus for drawing and note-taking in tablet mode, which is much appreciated.) She gave it a 4.5/5, which nabbed it a Mashable Choice Award.

    The upgraded configuration that Gedeon tested features an Intel Core Ultra 7 155H processor, 32GB of memory, and 2TB of storage. It usually retails for $1,939.99, but it’s listed for $1,439.99 during HP’s Black Friday Sale — a 26% savings. Note that lesser configurations with an Ultra 5 125H CPU, less RAM, and/or less storage are also on sale at HP (starting at $949.99), with some models price-matched at Best Buy.

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    Best early Black Friday gaming laptop deal

    Why we like it

    Sub-$500 gaming laptop sightings are to Black Friday season as robins are to spring. This one is an entry-level HP Victus 15 with a 144Hz display and a backlit keyboard. It’s equipped with an AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS CPU, AMD Radeon RX 6550M graphics, 8GB of RAM, and 512GB of storage — nothing special, but perfectly suitable for a younger gamer or someone who sticks with undemanding games like Fortnite or CS2. (Consider putting your savings toward a RAM bump, if anything.)

    Best Buy has it on sale for just $429.99 (normally $799.99) as one of its first holiday doorbusters of the season, which works out to a juicy 46% discount.

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    Best early Black Friday Chromebook deal

    Why we like it

    Look, this 15-inch Chromebook isn’t an impressive laptop by any means: It has a discontinued Intel Celeron N4500 processor from 2021 with 4GB of memory and 64GB of eMMC storage. But for those who just need a basic machine for everyday tasks like web browsing and email sending, it’ll certainly get the job done.

    You really can’t argue with the price, either. Best Buy has it on sale for $129, which is actually a better deal than it’s advertising: The Lenovo website sells the exact same configuration for $279.99. All in all, you’re saving just under $151 (or a whopping 56%).

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