Is Amazon the best place to buy laptops?

We typically don't recommend buying a laptop from Amazon, as Best Buy and brands' direct websites tend to offer the best deals. However, it's gotten into the habit of offering worthwhile discounts on shopping holidays like Prime Day and Black Friday/Cyber Monday; in some cases, we've seen it match or beat its competitors' prices.

What month is the cheapest to buy a laptop?

There are several times throughout the year when we see extra-low prices on laptops, Black Friday season being one of them: Around Amazon Prime Day and its fall counterpart (which happened on July 11 and 12 and Oct. 10 and 11 this year, respectively) During back-to-school sales in July and August (which come to a head over Labor Day weekend) When retailers' Black Friday and holiday deals are in full swing from October to December Whenever manufacturers unveil next-generation models

Amazon's Cyber Monday laptop deals are shockingly great

Best Cyber Monday Amazon laptop deals so far:

Best Apple MacBook deal

Apple MacBook Air, 13-inch (Apple M1, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD) + 3-year Apple Care+ plan

$888.99 (save $289.01)

Best traditional laptop deal

Microsoft Surface Laptop Go 3 (Intel Core i5-1235U, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD)

$599.99 (save $200)

Best gaming laptop deal

MSI Thin GF63 (Intel Core i7-12650H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD)

$799 (save $199.01)

Best 2-in-1 laptop deal

Microsoft Surface Pro 9 (Intel Core i7-1255U, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD)

$1,789.99 (save $810)

Best Chromebook deal

Samsung Galaxy Chromebook Go (Intel Celeron N4500, 8GB RAM, 32GB eMMC)

$269.99 (save $80)

Amazon is usually outclassed by rivaling stores (particularly Best Buy) when it comes to laptop deals, as many of its listings come with inflated, misleading prices or are sold by sketchy third-party sellers. But it tends to get its act together for major shopping holidays like Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

As the retail giant continues to roll out deals as part of its extended holiday sale (which began Friday, Nov. 17, or a week ahead of schedule), it's dropping a fantastic selection of legitimate and worthwhile discounts on laptops across different price points — including 2-in-1 models, gaming PCs, Chromebooks, and even Apple MacBooks (in the form of Apple Care+ bundles).

We're compiling a comprehensive list of the best Cyber Weekend laptop deals that Amazon is currently offering. Read on to see them, but make sure to keep checking back, as we'll be updating this story continuously as new offers get added.

Note: All newly added deals are marked with a ✨, while deals with a 🔥 have dropped to an all-time low price. Deals with a ~~strikeout~~ were either sold out or expired at the time of writing.

Apple MacBook deals at Amazon

Credit: Apple

Our pick: Apple MacBook Air, 13-inch (M1) + 3-year Apple Care+ plan 🔥✨

$888.99 at Amazon (save $289.01)

Why we like it

The 13-inch MacBook Air from late 2020 nabbed a Mashable Choice Award upon release for its zippy M1 chip, quiet fanless design, and 18-hour battery life. We're still recommending it three years later as the best budget MacBook, and Amazon is now bundling the 256GB base model with a three-year Apple Care+ plan for $888.99 (a $1,178 total value); it usually retails for $999 on its own.

Read Mashable's review of the M1 Apple MacBook Air.

More Apple MacBook deals

Apple MacBook Air, 15-inch (Apple M2, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD) + 3-year Apple Care+ plan — $1,238 ~~$1,528~~ (save $290) 🔥
Apple MacBook Pro, 14-inch (Apple M3, 8GB RAM, 1TB SSD) — $1,649 ~~$1,799~~ (save $150) 🔥
Apple MacBook Pro, 16-inch (Apple M3 Pro, 32GB RAM, 512GB SSD) — $2,649 ~~$2,899~~ (save $250) 🔥

Traditional laptop deals at Amazon

Credit: Microsoft

Our pick: Microsoft Surface Laptop Go 3 🔥✨

$599.99 at Amazon (save $200)

Why we like it

New as of early October, the Surface Laptop Go 3 is an ultra-lightweight laptop with a sleek 12.4-inch touchscreen, a fingerprint reader for extra security, and a superb keyboard. It's powered by an older 12th-generation Intel Core i5 processor (i.e. it's not cutting-edge), but "it's ideal for students and busy-bee travelers in need of a portable notebook," said Mashable tech editor Kim Gedeon. The entry-level variant with 8GB of RAM just hit a record low of $599.99 (or $200 off) on Amazon, which beats the Microsoft Store's holiday pricing by $100.

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Read Mashable's review of the Microsoft Surface Laptop Go 3.

More traditional laptop deals

~~ASUS L210 (Intel Celeron N4020, 4GB RAM, 64GB eMMC)~~ — $149.99 ~~$249.99 (save $100)~~
~~Acer Aspire 1 (Intel Celeron N4500, 4GB RAM, 128GB eMMC)~~ — $199.99 ~~$229.99 (save $30) 🔥~~
~~Acer Aspire 3 (AMD Ryzen 3 7320U, 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD)~~ — $289.99 ~~$529.99 (save $280) 🔥~~
HP Laptop 15-ef2099nr (AMD Ryzen 5 5500U, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD) — $339.99 ~~$499~~ (save $159.01) 🔥✨
~~HP Laptop 15-dy5399nr (Intel Core i5-1235U, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD)~~ — $489.99 ~~$729.99 (save $240) 🔥~~
~~HP Laptop 15-fd0099nr (Intel Core i7-1355U, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD)~~ — $639.99 ~~$839.99 (save $200) 🔥~~
Acer Aspire 5 (Intel Core i7-1165G7, 16GB RAM 512GB SSD) — $549.99 ~~$879.99~~ (save $330) 🔥
Dell Inspiron 16 5635 (AMD Ryzen 7-7730U, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD) — $699.99 ~~$999.99~~ (save $300) 🔥✨
Samsung Galaxy Book3 (Intel Core i7-1355U, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD) — $724.99 ~~$999.99~~ (save $275) 🔥
Microsoft Surface Laptop 5, 13.5-inch (Intel Core i5-1235U, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD) — $797.98 ~~$999.99~~ (save $202.01) ✨
LG gram 15 (Intel Core i7-1360P, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD) — $899.99 ~~$1,499.99~~ (save $600) 🔥✨
Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7630 (Intel Core i7-13700H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD) — $1,049.99 ~~$1,399.99~~ (save $350) 🔥
HP Pavilion Plus 14-eh1299nr (Intel Core i7-1355U, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD) — $1,074.99 ~~$1,299.99~~ (save $225) 🔥
Samsung Galaxy Book3 Pro, 16-inch (Intel Core i7-1360P, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD) — $1,224.99 ~~$1,749.99~~ (save $525) 🔥
ASUS Zenbook S 13 OLED (Intel i7-1355U, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD) — $1,299.99 ~~$1,399.99~~ (save $100) 🔥

Gaming laptop deals at Amazon

Credit: MSI

Our pick: MSI Thin GF63

$799.99 (save $199.01)

Why we like it

One configuration of MSI's 15-inch gaming laptop dropped to a dirt-cheap price of $479 during Walmart's first Black Friday Deals event. This one isn't quite as cheap, but it does have much better specs — including a 12th-gen Intel Core i7 H-series CPU with 16GB of RAM and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 graphics. It's a great compromise between "budget buy" and "future-proofed."