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Holy record lows: The best Black Friday laptop deals on the M3 MacBook Air, Microsoft Surface Laptop 7, and more

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The Mashable Choice Award-winning Microsoft Surface Laptop 7 is chilling at a new record-low price this Black Friday. Credit: Microsoft / Mashable composite

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UPDATE: Nov. 28, 2024, 11:45 a.m. EST This story has been updated with a fresh batch of Black Friday laptop deals, including three new top picks with record-low prices.

The best Black Friday laptop deals at a glance:
Best MacBook deal
Apple MacBook Air, 13-inch (M3, 16GB RAM, 256GB)
844 (save $255)
the 13-inch m3 apple macbook air
Best Windows laptop deal
Microsoft Surface Laptop 7, 13-inch (Snapdragon X Elite, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD)
$1,499.99 (save $500)
the Microsoft Surface Laptop 7
Best gaming laptop deal
Alienware m16 R2 (Intel Core Ultra 7 155H, Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD)
$1,299.99 (save $600)
the Alienware m16 R2
Best Chromebook deal
Samsung Galaxy Chromebook Plus (Intel Core 3 100U, 8GB RAM, 256GB UFS)
$599.99 (save $100)
the Samsung Galaxy Chromebook Plus

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, steep savings have been abundant all month long.

With Black Friday proper now basically upon us, the competition is especially intense — like, way more intense than previous years have felt. Amazon somehow managed to pull off the best MacBook and Windows laptop deals by not-small margins, while Best Buy is winning the battle for the top gaming laptop and Chromebook discounts of the holiday season thus far. I'm seeing lots of new and year-round lows between the two of them.

If neither retailer is discounting models with the specific specs you want, other Black Friday sales at Dell, HP, Lenovo, LG, Microsoft, Razer, and Samsung have ushered in discounts as high as $900 across their lineups.

SEE ALSO: The best early Black Friday deals at Amazon, Target, Best Buy, and Walmart

As a brief aside, the Apple Store's usual Black Friday gift card offer will be live starting Nov. 29; M2 and M3 MacBooks will come with free vouchers worth up to $200. That doesn't beat any of the dollars-off discounts available elsewhere, but it could be a practical option for those enmeshed in the Apple ecosystem.

Read on for a closer look at the best Black Friday laptop deals available across the web. Bookmark this page and check back often, as I'll be updating the list continuously as we head into Cyber Weekend.

Note: All newly added or updated deals have been marked with a ✨, while struck-through deals were either sold out or expired at the time of writing.

Best MacBook deal

the 13-inch m3 apple macbook air
Credit: Apple
Apple MacBook Air, 13-inch (M3, 16GB RAM, 256GB) ✨
$844.00 at Amazon
$1,099.00 Save $255.00

Why we like it

Read Mashable's full review of the M3 Apple MacBook Air.

Mashable Tech Editor Kim Gedeon was impressed by the M3 Air's peppy performance, satisfying keyboard, vivid webcam, and dual-display support (if you close its lid), rating it a 4.3/5. It may not look all that different from its older M-series predecessors — there is a new midnight finish option — but we think it's the best MacBook for most people, especially now that Apple's bumped its base RAM from 8GB to 16GB.

The starting configuration with 256GB of storage is on sale on Amazon for only $844, which is 23% off its $1,099 MSRP, an all-time low, and $5 better than Best Buy's Black Friday deal on the exact same MacBook. This also puts less than $100 between it and the M2 Air, so opting for the current-gen model over the cheapest model out there feels like an easier, more obvious choice.

More MacBook deals

Best Windows laptop deal

the Microsoft Surface Laptop 7
Credit: Microsoft
Microsoft Surface Laptop 7, 13-inch (Snapdragon X Elite, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD) ✨
$1,499.99 at Amazon
$1,999.99 Save $500.00

Why we like it

Read Mashable's full review of the 13-inch Microsoft Surface Laptop 7.

Microsoft's Copilot+ PC has an even longer battery life than the new M4 MacBook Pros — it lasted nearly 23 hours in our testing — and it comes with AI features that "make Windows fun again," Gedeon wrote. She gave it a 4.8/5; it's a Mashable Choice Award winner and our current favorite Windows laptop for most people, barring any ARM-related app compatibility issues.

The upgraded configuration that Gedeon tested is a 13-inch model featuring a Snapdragon X Elite processor, 32GB of RAM, and 1TB of SSD storage. It usually retails for $1,999.99, and Amazon has it listed for $1,549.99 earlier in its Black Friday Week sale (with the Microsoft Store matching it). But now it's down to just $1,499.99 there. That's a 25% savings and its biggest discount ever.

Amazon doesn't offer price matching if you bought the Surface Laptop 7 at a previous sale price, but you do have the option of returning it and rebuying it. The retailer's extended holiday return policy applies to most purchases made between Nov. 1 and Dec. 31.

More Windows laptop deals

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Best gaming laptop deal

the Alienware m16 R2
Credit: Alienware
Alienware m16 R2 (Intel Core Ultra 7 155H, Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD) ✨
$1,299.99 at Best Buy
$1,899.99 Save $600.00

Why we like it

Read Mashable's full review of the Alienware m16 R2.

This premium 16-incher is the best gaming laptop we tried in 2024 (and another Mashable Choice Award winner), earning a score of 4.5/5 from Gedeon. She was impressed by its ample mid-range power, its "springy" keyboard, and its solid build quality, as well as its "seamless" support of Nvidia's Advanced Optimus feature. That lets it switch between its discrete and integrated GPUs "to handle both play and work," she wrote.

Our testing configuration featured an Intel Core Ultra 7 155H CPU, GeForce RTX 4070 graphics, 16GB of memory, and a terrabyte of storage. It's down to $1,299.99 at Best Buy this Black Friday, which is $600 off its usual list price there and a record-low.

Another model with a slightly better processor and a slightly worse GPU is on sale for the same price on Dell's website, FYI; it's typically $1,699.99 there.

More gaming laptop deals

Best Chromebook deal

the Samsung Galaxy Chromebook Plus
Credit: Samsung
Samsung Galaxy Chromebook Plus (Intel Core 3 100U, 8GB RAM, 256GB UFS)
$599.99 at Best Buy
$699.99 Save $100.00

Why we like it

Announced in October, this 15.6-inch Samsung Galaxy machine is the thinnest, lightest Chromebook Plus model on the market and the only one with an AMOLED display. (Translation: It's super vibrant.) It has an Intel Core 3 100U processor, 8GB of memory, and 256GB of UFS storage, and supports newer Gemini AI features like Live Translate.

Typically $699.99, Best Buy has it on sale for $100 off as part of its Black Friday sale — its first-ever discount.

More Chromebook deals

Latest Updates

11:44 am ET | November 28, 2024

This story has been updated with a fresh batch of Black Friday laptop deals, including three new top picks with record-low prices: the 13-inch M3 Apple MacBook Air ($844), the 13-inch Microsoft Surface Laptop 7 ($1,499.99), and the Alienware m16 R2 ($1,299.99).

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Haley Henschel
Senior Shopping Reporter

Haley Henschel is a Chicago-based Senior Shopping Reporter at Mashable who reviews and finds deals on popular tech, from laptops to gaming consoles and VPNs. She has years of experience covering shopping holidays and can tell you what’s actually worth buying on Black Friday and Amazon Prime Day. Her work has also explored the driving forces behind digital trends within the shopping sphere, from dupes to 12-foot skeletons.

Haley received a B.A. in Journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and honed her sifting and winnowing skills at The Daily Cardinal. She previously covered politics for The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, investigated exotic pet ownership for Wisconsin Watch, and blogged for some of your favorite reality stars.

In her free time, Haley enjoys playing video games, drawing, taking walks on Lake Michigan, and spending time with her parrot (Melon) and dog (Pierogi). She really, really wants to get back into horseback riding. You can follow her on X at @haleyhenschel or reach her via email at [email protected].

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