President’s Day is upon us. And that can only mean one thing for shoppers: the opportunity to score some great deals on a variety of products.
For tech shoppers, especially, the opportunity to find great deals is everywhere. Major big-box retailers are looking for ways to clear their store shelves and the best way to do it is with sizable sales on a variety of products. Chief among those products are laptops.
Products from companies as far-ranging as Lenovo and Apple are on sale at major retailers over the President’s Day weekend with sales that might surprise you. Higher-end laptops are seeing hundreds of dollars shaved from their prices and those on the budget side are seeing similarly impressive savings. And along the way, customers are able to capitalize by getting outstanding new devices at reduced rates.
So, if you’re in the market to buy a new laptop, we have you covered. We’ve evaluated the President’s Day sale at Best Buy and found five outstanding laptops that you can get on the cheap. The devices all come with great critic reviews, as well as solid reviews from users. And they all deliver outstanding sales for the value.
Read on to find out more about the best President’s Day sales on laptops:
Apple MacBook Pro
It wouldn’t be a laptop sale if it didn’t include a variety of different devices. And luckily, Best Buy has done just that with a hefty MacBook Pro offer.
If you head over to Best Buy this weekend, you’ll find the 15-inch model on sale for $2,400, a $400 savings off its regular retail price of $2,800. The device the sale is offered on comes with a Touch Bar for controlling software with your fingertips, as well as an Intel Core i7 processor. Add that to 16GB of memory and the AMD Radeon Pro 560X and it should offer plenty of power.
In addition to offering the discount, Best Buy is tossing in three free months of Apple Music with the purchase, representing a $30 value.
HP Spectre Folio Leather
It’s not a common feature in the world of laptops, but HP’s Spectre Folio, which comes with a leather finish, is one of the more interesting options in this roundup.
The device is actually a two-in-one hybrid laptop that uses a leather folio design to create the user experience. It has a 13.3-inch touch screen for tapping around the software and a physical keyboard. The leather folio has a touchpad for navigating the software.
On the inside, you’ll find an Intel Core i7 processor and 8GB of memory. It also ships with a 256GB solid-state drive.
Best Buy is offering the HP Spectre Folio Leather for $1,050. It regularly retails for $1,400, representing a $350 discount on its retail price.
Lenovo Yoga 730
Lenovo is one of the world’s most popular laptop makers. And the company’s Yoga line of devices is among its most sought-after.
Over at Best Buy, Lenovo’s Yoga 730 is on sale. The device is another two-in-one hybrid that can function both as a laptop and a tablet. And thanks to its 13.3-inch touch screen, you’ll have ample space to tap your way around the display while you’re working.
The Lenovo laptop comes with an Intel Core i5 processor on the inside and 8GB of memory. And thanks to its 256GB solid-state drive, the device will offer plenty of storage for any big files you might have.
Best Buy is selling the laptop for $630, a $200 savings off its regular retail price of $830.
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HP Chromebook
If you’re not interested in a Mac or a Windows machine, you should consider picking up the HP Chromebook that’s on sale at Best Buy this President’s Day weekend.
The device comes with a 14-inch touch display that allows you to navigate the software with your fingertips. It runs on Intel’s Celeron processor, which is far less capable than the company’s Core line, but since it’s a Chromebook, you don’t need to worry too much about power. Instead, the Chromebook, which runs Google’s Chrome OS, is designed to live in the cloud and derives its power from the Web.
Aside from that, the HP device comes with 4GB of memory and 32GB of storage.
Best Buy is selling the Chromebook for $219. It regularly retails for $299.
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Alienware AW15R3
If you’re in the market for a high-end computer, the Alienware AW15R3 is one of the top devices in this roundup.
The computer features a 15.6-inch screen and runs on the Intel Core i7 processor. To boost its graphics performance, Alienware delivers an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 that should work well for gamers and those doing video processing. It features a 1TB hard drive to house all of your data, but also comes with a 128GB solid-state drive that will offer faster storage and easier access to mission-critical content.
Alienware’s computer usually goes for $1,800. But if you buy it this weekend at Best Buy, you can get it for $1,600.
