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Ellie Davis

Best laptop deals to expect for Black Friday 2023 from Dell, HP and more

We all spend more time than we care to admit in front of a screen.

This is especially true for office workers whose sedentary life involves tapping away at a keyboard, poring over spreadsheets and browsing the web.

The humble laptop has become the most important tech item in the hybrid worker’s arsenal, taking on new life past the casual streaming and shopping that dominated its use in pre-Covid times.

While this is how so many of us generally spend our 9-to-5, there is still huge reluctance among us to splash out on a new PC. We suffer through long loading times, wait for our devices to catch up with our typing, and go and put on the kettle during a restart in the hopes that the old switch on/switch off will answer our problems. Yet the speed of our laptop directly correlates to our productivity, so it’s important to have a hard-working machine free from frustrating lagging.

This reluctance comes down to one thing: cost.

Laptops are traditionally pricey items and whether we use them for work, streaming or gaming, we never relish forking out three to four figures on a new device.

Well, that will all change once you see the reductions this Black Friday.

When is Black Friday?

Mark your calendar as Black Friday is set to take place in 2023 on November 24. The annual sales event is always on the fourth Friday of the month, following Thanksgiving in the US.

What is Black Friday?

Black Friday is only the biggest sales event of the year. The major shopping extravaganza is one of the few times in the year that you’ll find everything from tech to beauty and retailers from John Lewis to Currys slashing the prices across their wares.

When does Black Friday end?

While Black Friday has become a catch-all term for the sale, it is actually a four-day event. It kicks off on Friday, through to the weekend and ends on Cyber Monday, which is on November 27 this year.

Will laptops be cheaper on Black Friday?

Yes. During sales events like Black Friday, you will find both advanced and budget laptops discounted. You may see similar reductions to the Prime Day discounts at Amazon but across the board and at retailers like Argos, John Lewis, AO and Currys, this is their biggest sale of the year.

In which month are laptops the cheapest?

Laptops are their cheapest during Black Friday as well as throughout the Amazon Prime Day events. You will likely spot reductions in seasonal sales and from Boxing Day to January, but these don’t compare with Cyber Week. During Black Friday, you will spot absolute bargains.

Will gaming laptops be cheaper on Black Friday?

Among the discounts offered on Black Friday, gaming laptops are the ones to watch. These models are typically the most expensive on the market, often in quadruple figures. Look out for brands like Razer slashing the prices on their most advanced models.

What kind of laptop deals can we expect?

Apple devotees, you’re in for a treat. There are always MacBooks on sale as well as Microsoft Surface and models from ASUS, Acer, Huawei, Dell, HP, Huawei and Lenovo.

Are there any laptop discounts available now?

See below

ES Best Best Deals

Apple 2023 MacBook Pro laptop M2 Pro chip with 10‑core CPU and 16‑core GPU: 14.2-inch Liquid Retina XDR display, 16GB

Buy now £2221.39, Amazon

Microsoft Surface Pro 9 - 13 Inch 2-in-1 Tablet

Was: £1,099

Buy now £899.00, Amazon

Best Deals on ASUS Laptops

ASUS Vivobook 15 X1500EA 15.6" Laptop - Intel® Core™ i3, 256 GB SSD, Black

Was: £499

Buy now £279.00, Currys

ASUS ZenBook Flip OLED UX363EA 13.3 Intel EVO Convertible Laptop

Was: £1,2999.99

Buy now £899.99, Amazon

Best Deals on HUAWEI Laptops

HUAWEI Matebook D15 Windows 11.5 Intel Core i5 11th Gen Laptop

Was £544.76

Buy now £474.00, Amazon

HUAWEI MateBook X PRO 14.2" Laptop - Intel® Core™ i7, 1 TB SSD, Blue

Was £1,799

Buy now £1449.00, Currys

HUAWEI Matebook 16s EVO - 16 Inch Laptop - Windows 11 Intel Core i9 13th Gen Processor With 16GB RAM & 1TB SSD Storage

Was: £1,499.99

Buy now £1249.00, Amazon

Best Deals on HP Laptops

HP OMEN 16 Gaming Laptop 16-xd0003na - NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 4050 (2023)

Was £1,300

Buy now £998.99, HP

HP Pavilion Plus 14-eh1001na Laptop 2.2K IPS Laptop - Core™ i5

Was: £799.99

Buy now £648.98, HP

HP Spectre x360 14-ef2015na Convertible OLED Laptop, Core™ i7 - Black with Pen (2023)

Was: £1,699.99

Buy now £1398.98, HP

HP 15-fc0008na Laptop - 15.6in FHD, AMD Ryzen 5, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD, with Microsoft 365 Personal (1 Year) & Norton 360 Deluxe (3 Devices, 1 Year) Included

Was: £579

Buy now £329.00, Very

Best Deals on Lenovo Laptops

Lenovo Ideapad 3 17IAU7 17 Inch HD Cloudbook Laptop

Was £379.99

Buy now £307.95, Amazon

LENOVO IdeaPad Slim 3 15.6" Chromebook - Intel® Pentium®, 128 GB eMMC, Blue

Was £349

Buy now £199.00, Currys

LENOVO IdeaPad 3i 15.6" Laptop

Was: £499

Buy now £279.00, Currys

Lenovo IdeaPad Duet 3 11” 2 in 1 Chromebook - Qualcomm Snapdragon, 128 GB eMMC, Grey

Was: £399

Buy now £249.00, Currys

LENOVO LOQ 15APH8 15.6" Gaming Laptop - AMD Ryzen™ 7, RTX 4060, 1 TB SSD

Was £1,349

Buy now £999.00, Currys

Best Deals on Microsoft Laptops

Microsoft Surface Laptop 5 Super-Thin 15 Inch Touchscreen Laptop

Was: £1,799

Buy now £1339.00, Amazon

Microsoft Surface Laptop 5, Intel Core i7 Processor, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, 15" PixelSense Display, Black

Was: £1,799

Buy now £1199.00, John Lewis

Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio - 14.4” Touchscreen Laptop

Was: £2,479

Buy now £2199.00, Amazon

Best Deals on Razer Laptops

Razer Blade 14 - 14 Inch AMD Gaming Laptop (AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, QHD-165Hz, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD

Was: £2,199.99

Buy now £1902.00, Amazon

Best Deals on Samsung Laptops

Samsung Galaxy Book3 Pro 360

Was: £2,049

Buy now £1899.00, Samsung

Samsung Galaxy Chromebook 2 360

Was: £499

Buy now £449.00, Samsung

Samsung Galaxy Book2 Pro

Was: £1449

Buy now £769.00, Samsung

Samsung Galaxy Book3 360 Wi-Fi Laptop, 15.6 Inch, 13th gen Intel Core i5 Processor, 8GB RAM

Was: £1,199

Buy now £679.00, Amazon

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