23 Best Black Friday Laptop Deals (2024): Acer, Apple, Anker

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This is the best time of the year to buy a new laptop . You’ll rarely get a better chance to nab a computer, so we’ve rounded up the best Black Friday laptop deals we’ve seen on all the models our reviewers recommend. Whether you want a portable productivity powerhouse, a glorious gaming PC, or just something to curl up in bed with Netflix, these machines from companies like Apple, Dell, Asus, and Lenovo will do the job. You’ll also find some other laptop accessories and peripherals below, including mechanical keyboards.

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The best looking Chromebook: Asus Chromebook Plus CX34 for $349 ($150 off) A powerhouse laptop: Samsung Galaxy Book4 Ultra for $2,350 ($650 off) The best MacBook for most people: MacBook Air (M3, 2024) for $799 ($100 off) The keyboard of champions: Keychron Q1 Pro Mechanical Keyboard for $143 ($36 off) Charge everything at once: Satechi 165-Watt GaN Four-Port Charger for $84 ($36)

Updated November 29, 2024: We’ve added new deals on the Samsung tablet S10+, System76 Lemur Pro Laptop, Lenovo Yoga 9i, Acer Chromebook 515, and Logitech Casa Pop-Up Desk. We also fixed prices.

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Do you think of a laptop as metal framing around a web browser? Consider a Chromebook. Google rolled out a big upgrade called Chromebook Plus in 2023. The “Plus” stands for better performance—faster processors, more memory, more storage, and better video cameras. Our favorite of the models we’ve tried is Lenovo’s Flex 5i Chromebook Plus ( 8/10, WIRED Recommends ). It’s among the fastest Chromebooks we’ve tested for the money. It features a 3.75-GHz Intel Core i3-1315U CPU, 8 GB of RAM, and 128 GB of flash storage.

Dell’s two larger XPS laptops ( 7/10, WIRED Recommends ) are aimed at Windows users with Macbook jealousy. The design, specs, and sizes align perfectly with Apple’s offerings. The XPS 14 has a gorgeous, sleek design (though it’s thicker than a MacBook), a wonderfully bright and sharp OLED screen (with 120-Hz screen refresh rates ), and is plenty speedy for everyday tasks. Unfortunately, heavy-duty tasks like video editing, well, the MacBook’s benchmarks run circles around the XPS 14. Still, with this deal, this is a serious piece … Read More