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Last Minute Dell Black Friday Deal: Save Up to $300 Off the Alienware 34″ QD OLED Gaming Monitor – IGN
- Last Minute Dell Black Friday Deal: Save Up to $300 Off the Alienware 34″ QD OLED Gaming Monitor IGN
- 10 Best Black Friday Monitor Deals (2023): Portable, Vertical, Desktop WIRED
- I’ve been reviewing PC screens since the early Mesozoic and these are unquestionably the best Black Friday gaming monitor deals this year PC Gamer
- Stunning LG UltraGear OLED gaming monitor gets Cyber Monday deal well worth talking about PC Guide – For The Latest PC Hardware & Tech News
- Alienware’s scorching-fast 500Hz monitor has never been cheaper PCWorld
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AI wave will begin to split between open and closed-source models, says Dell CEO Michael Dell – CNBC Television
- AI wave will begin to split between open and closed-source models, says Dell CEO Michael Dell CNBC Television
- Dell Technologies World 2023: All the day-two announcements ITPro
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AG Paxton announces investigation into Dell hospital on child gender-affirming care – Austin American-Statesman
- AG Paxton announces investigation into Dell hospital on child gender-affirming care Austin American-Statesman
- Texas AG launches investigation into Austin hospital over gender transition procedures on young children Fox News
- Texas AG Ken Paxton investigating if Dell Children’s has performed ‘gender transitioning’ procedures KVUE.com
- Texas AG Ken Paxton investigates transgender care at Dell Children’s in Austin The Dallas Morning News
- Texas investigates hospital over care for transgender minors The Independent
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Dell looks to phase out China-made chips by 2024 – Nikkei
Jan 5 (Reuters) – Dell Technologies Inc (DELL.N) plans to stop using China-made chips by 2024 and has told suppliers to reduce the amount of other made-in-China components in its products amid concerns over U.S.-Beijing tensions, the Nikkei reported on Thursday.
The news comes after the United States added Chinese memory chipmaker YMTC and 21 “major” companies in the country’s artificial intelligence chip sector to a trade blacklist in December.
PC maker HP Inc (HPQ.N), one of Dell’s rivals, has also started surveying its suppliers to gauge the feasibility of moving production and assembly away from China, the report said, citing sources with knowledge of the matter.
Dell has also asked product assemblers and suppliers of other components such as electronic modules and print circuit boards to help prepare capacity in countries beyond China, such as Vietnam, the report said.
“We continuously explore supply-chain diversification across the globe that makes sense for our customers and our business,” Dell said in a statement.
HP did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
In October last year, the Biden administration published a set of export controls that included a measure to cut China off from certain semiconductor chips made anywhere in the world with U.S. tools.
Reporting by Kanjyik Ghosh in Bengaluru, additional reporting by Tiyashi Datta; Editing by Janane Venkatraman and Devika Syamnath
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Dell G15 Gaming Laptop: Hands-on from CES 2023
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Modern gaming laptops typically come in two flavors these days: massive red-and-black behemoths with tons of LED lights, or sleek and slim workhorses that you can get away with using at a coffee shop. But what if there were a third option, one that screamed “fun” without looking like it dropped out of an alien spaceship? That’s where the new Dell G15 series comes in.
Dell’s latest G-series laptop continues to offer a selection of great gaming specs at more attainable prices than its higher-end Alienware siblings, this time packed into a trio of retro-inspired colors that look like they belong in an arcade rather than a dimly lit gaming den.
• Product: Dell G-series laptop
• Launch date: Spring 2023
• Pricing: Starting at $849
• Why it’s worth your attention: I’ve reviewed dozens of gaming laptops over the past few years, and the Dell G15 is the first one in a long time that has me genuinely excited.
Of the many laptops scattered across Dell’s pre-CES event space in New York City, the G15 was the one that nearly everyone was clamoring to get their hands on. The whole G-series lineup was on display in Dell’s recreation of a retro arcade — pinball and Street Fighter machines included — which made a perfect backdrop for this refreshingly colorful set of gaming notebooks.
I was immediately drawn to the Pop Purple version of the G15, which gives off serious 80s mall vibes with its beautiful blend of purple and baby blue hues. The laptop also comes in Quantum White and Dark Shadow Gray flavors, each of which are a bit less striking than the purple but still have a fun two-tone design that immediately stands out from other gaming laptops. I also got a look at the larger G16 series, which sport the same overall design with a larger 16-inch display and more subdued Metallic Nightshade and Quantum White colors.
I didn’t get a chance to game on the G15, but the specs look very promising on paper. Dell’s new gaming laptop sports the brand-new 13th-Gen Intel Core processors (all the way up to the super-fast i9), and the latest Nvidia GeForce RTX graphics. You’ll get a 15-inch 1080p display at up to 165Hz — plenty of smoothness for basic competitive gaming — and up to 32GB of memory alongside up to 2TB of storage.
The G15 also packs a decent selection of ports, including three USB-A connections (perfect for your mouse, keyboard or headset), a USB-C port, an HDMI input and a headphone jack. And like all of Dell’s latest gaming PCs, the G-series ship with Alienware Command Center for fine-tuning everything from RGB lighting to game-specific settings.
I’ve reviewed dozens of gaming laptops over the past few years, and the Dell G15 is the first one in a long time that has me genuinely excited. The G-series has always delivered great gaming performance for the money, but now it’s also one of the best-looking gaming laptops — and one that should make a refreshing alternative to the overly aggressive (or overly bland) competition. We look forward to seeing how the G15 and G16 stack up to our picks for the best gaming laptops when we get our hands on them later this year.
The Most Disappointing Phones, Gadgets, and Services of 2022
Although reviews have been mixed, we actually like the Logitech G Cloud. It’s an Android-powered handheld designed to play AAA titles through game-streaming services, in addition to mobile games. You can even play retro titles through emulators like RetroArch. The controls are solid, the hardware feels great, the battery life is astounding, and the seven-inch, 1080P screen is easy on the eyes. The handheld feels a little under-powered, though, and struggles with some of the more processor intensive mobile games currently available, even if your phone would have no issue with them. At $349, it’s only $50 cheaper than Valve’s entry-level Steam Deck. If Logitech knocks the price down a bit for 2023, the G Cloud would definitely be worth considering.
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The Best Dell Cyber Week Deals on Alienware Gaming PCs, Laptops, Monitors
Dell’s Cyber Monday sale continues for Cyber Week, which starts now and continues through this weekend. There are still some great deals on Alienware and Dell XPS gaming PCs, Alienware and Dell G-series gaming laptops, gaming consoles, monitors, and electronics. Of particular note, for the first time ever the 2022-2023 Alienware Aurora R15 PC with the new 13th gen Intel Raptor Lake CPU and GeForce RTX 4090 CPU is on sale with a 10% off coupon code. That brings the price down to under $4K, still out of reach for most people, but a hefty $450 discount nonetheless. Check out the deals below.
New Release: Alienware Aurora R15 Intel Core i9 Raptor Lake GeForce RTX 4090 Gaming PC
with 240mm AIO Watercooling and 1350W Power Supply
Use code: GAMING10
Alienware Aurora R15 Intel Core i9-13900KF RTX 4090 Gaming PC with 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD, 1350W PSU, 240mm Liquid Cooler
Use promo code “GAMING10”
10% off $4,399.99
New for the 2022-2023 season, the Alienware Aurora R15 is the first ever Dell PC equipped with both the 13th generation Intel Raptor Lake processor and the RTX 40 series GPU. The Intel Core i9-13900KF boasts a turbo-boosted clock speed of 5.8GHz and a whopping 24 cores and 32 threads. It’s definitely more powerful than the i9 Alder Lake, and it gives AMD’s flagship AMD Ryzen 9 7950X a run for its money.
The RTX 4090 is far and away the most powerful video card you can get right now. No other GPU, either from NVIDIA or from AMD, comes close. As a reference, the RTX 4090 is about 110% faster at 4K gaming than the already impressive RTX 3080. It’s about 60% faster than the previous king, the RTX 3090 Ti. That could very well be the single biggest performance upgrade within a single generational gap for the GeForce line of cards.
Cyber Week Dell Gaming PC Deals
The Dell Cyber Week Sale includes deals on both the Alienware Aurora and Dell XPS gaming PCs. The Alienware Aurora certainly has gaming in its DNA; it’s sleek, shiny, colorful, and include more customization options and better cooling than the XPS desktops to make your ultimate tricked out gaming PC. The XPS, on the other hand, boasts a simpler, more understated design with fewer options but at an extremely reasonable price point. In terms of gaming performance, both will do the job very well.
Alienware Aurora R13 Intel Core i7-12700F RTX 3060 Ti Gaming PC with 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD
New Dell XPS Intel Core i7-12700 Alder Lake RTX 3060 Ti Gaming PC with 16GB DDR5 RAM, 512GB SSD, 1TB HDD
Alienware Aurora R14 AMD Ryzen 7 5800X RTX 3080 Ti Gaming PC with 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD
Cyber Week Dell Gaming Laptop Deals
These are the best Cyber Week gaming laptop deals that Dell is offering right now. They include the Dell G-series value gaming laptops, which offer ample amounts of gaming power at a very respectable price, the Alienware enthusiast gaming laptops, which emphasize maximum performance above all else, and the Dell XPS laptops, which offer ultraportability.
Alienware m15 R7 15″ 2560×1440 Intel Core i7-12700H RTX 3060 Gaming Laptop with 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD
Use code: GAMING10
Alienware m17 R5 17″ AMD Ryzen 7 6800H RTX 3070 Ti Gaming Laptop with 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD
Use promo code “GAMING10”
25% off $2,149.99
Alienware m15 R7 15″ 2560×1440 AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX RTX 3080 Gaming Laptop with 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD
Alienware m15 R7 15″ Intel Core i9-12900H RTX 3080 Gaming Laptop with 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD
Dell G15 15″ Intel Core i5-12500H RTX 3050 Ti Gaming Laptop with 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD
Dell G15 15″ AMD Ryzen 7 6800H RTX 3070 Gaming Laptop with 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD
Cyber Week Dell Gaming Monitor Deals
Dell is one of the most popular brand of gaming monitors, and for good reason. Dell’s monitors generally have high quality panels with excellent image quality, have lots of features, and come with an above average warranty that often includes a bright pixel exchange policy. Dell monitors usually command a relatively high retail price tag, but aggressive discounts come by fairly often during Cyber Week.
Alienware AW3821DW 38″ 3840×1600 Curved 1ms 144Hz G-SYNC Ultimate Nano IPS Gaming Monitor
Alienware AW3423DW 34″ 3440×1400 Curved 0.1ms 175Hz G-SYNC Ultimate QD-OLED Gaming Monitor
Dell S3422DWG 34″ 3440×1440 Curved 1ms 144Hz VA Gaming Monitor
Dell S2721DGF 27″ 2560×1440 1ms 165Hz G-SYNC IPS Gaming Monitor
Alienware AW2521HFL 25″ 1ms 240Hz G-SYNC IPS Gaming Monitor
Cyber Week Dell Electronics Deals
Many people think that Dell only sells computers and monitors. That actually isn’t true. Dell carries a whole range of video game consoles, gaming chairs, headphones, video cards, arcade machines, and all kinds of other gaming products you might not have thought of. Even better, Dell runs Cyber Week deals on these items that you won’t see anywhere else.
Bonus $150 Dell eGift Card
Arcade1Up The Simpsons Arcade Cabinet with Riser and Themed Stool Bundle
Bonus $150 Dell eGift Card
Arcade1Up Terminator Arcade Cabinet with Riser
Bonus $75 Dell eGift Card
Arcade1Up Super PAC-MAN Counter-Cade
Bonus $35 Dell Gift Card
Nintendo Switch Animal Crossing Edition Console
Bonus $35 Dell Gift Card
Nintendo Switch Console
PS5, PS4
Logitech G29 Driving Force Racing Wheel
Xbox, PC
Logitech G920 Driving Force Racing Wheel and Pedals Set
Bonus $75 Dell Gift Card
SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro Wireless Gaming Headset
Bonus $75 Dell Gift Card
Thrustmaster TCA Yoke Boeing Edition
Bonus $100 Dell Gift Card
TCA Yoke Pack Boeing Edition with Yoke and Throttle
Bonus $75 Dell Gift Card
Alienware S5000 Gaming Chair
Why Pick a Dell or Alienware Gaming PC?
Not everyone is the DIY type, and building your own PC is definitely not for everyone. If you’re in the market for a prebuilt gaming PC, Dell is one of best brands we’d recommend. The Alienware gaming desktops offer a staggering array of options, all built into a custom chassis that’s both easy on the eyes and easy on the wallet. Alienware gaming laptops in recent years have been redesigned to be thinner and lighter while still offering the same immense power under the hood. Consistent build quality, available inventory, frequent sales, and solid customer service are the main reasons why Dell is at the top of our buying list. Below, you’ll find some of the best deals available on PCs and laptops on Dell right now.
Looking for more discounts? Take a look at our best Cyber Monday deals today.
Best Cyber Monday Laptop Deals: MacBook, Lenovo, Dell, HP
I’s officially Cyber Monday. While we’ve been tracking great Cyber Monday laptop deals all weekend, we’re about to get a spike in new discounts. We’ve picked out the best Cyber Monday deals that we’ve found so far, which include everything from Lenovo Chromebooks to Dell workbooks. Take a peak below, and happy hunting!
Best Cyber Monday Laptop Deals
Lenovo Chromebook 3 — $79, was $139
One of the best Cyber Monday laptop deals is also one of the best Cyber Monday Chromebook deals around, and it’s on this Lenovo Chromebook 3. For just $79, you can snag a Chromebook that features an 11.6-inch HD display, an Intel Celeron N4020 processor, 4GB of RAM, and 64GB of eMMC flash memory storage. It’s not a powerful laptop, but if you’re looking for something that is lightweight and easy-to-use, you’ve got the right laptop. It’s a great, affordable laptop for students with its 10 hours of battery life and a built-in HD webcam and microphone that’s perfect for studying on the go or attending classes remotely.
Asus E410 Laptop — $100, was $250
Here’s another ultra-portable and ultra-affordable option if you need a new laptop. You’ll save $150 on this Cyber Monday laptop deal and only have to pay $100 to get this Asus E410 laptop. For that low price, you’re getting a 14-inch HD display, 12 hours of battery life, an Intel Celeron N4020 processor, and 64GB of eMMC storage. Again this laptop isn’t about power. It’s about speed and portability. So it’s a perfect general, everyday-use laptop. You’ll be able to stream movies and shows on its larger screen, check your email, and get your work done while traveling. It runs on the latest version of Windows, Windows 11 (in S Mode) and it only weight 2.87 pounds.
Asus Chromebook Flip C433 — $179, was $379
Rounding out our budget-friendly Cyber Monday laptop deals is this Asus Chromebook Flip C433 laptop. Best Buy is selling this laptop for just $179, saving you $200. And paying that small price still gets you a pretty awesome 2-in-1 Chromebook. The Flip C433 comes with Chrome OS, a 14-inch Full HD touchscreen, and at 8GB this laptop has the the most RAM of any laptop on this list that costs less than $200. And because it’s a 2-in-1 laptop, you’ll get a laptop that can be set up in multiple display modes. Four to be exact: laptop, audience, tabletop, and presentation. The Flip C433 is a stylish, sleek, and modern-looking laptop, and you can have it for far less than $200.
HP Envy x360 2-in-1 — $500, was $840
Yes, your eyes are not deceiving you: You really can get a laptop that’s usually nearly $1,000 for just $500. With this HP Envy x360 2-in-1 laptop deal, you can get a mid-range quality laptop at a budget friendly price. For just $500, you’ll get Windows 11, an AMD Ryzen 5 5625U processor, 8GB of RAM, 256GB of SSD storage, and a 15.6-inch FHD IPS display that is multi-touch enabled. The display also features modern-looking thin bezels all the way around, giving you more screen for your money. It’s also less than 4 pounds, but still powerful and offers a decent amount of storage. It’s portable and yet still fast and powerful enough to help you get your work done. If you’re looking at business laptops that won’t break the bank, this is the one for you.
Dell XPS 13 Laptop — $749, was $999
It has a smaller screen, but at this price and with all of its other features, you’ll hardly notice it. This Dell XPS 13 laptop is just $749 for Cyber Monday. You’ll save $250 and snag yourself a laptop that comes with a 12-generation Intel Core i5 processor, Windows 11, a spacious 512GB of SSD storage, 8GB of RAM, and a 13.4-inch FHD+ display. This laptop also boasts 12 hours of battery life, so you can work long hours or stream movies and shows to your heart’s content on its brilliant, narrow-bezel display. You’ll get everything you need and it’s still ultra portable at just 2.59 pounds. Another great, all-purpose laptop option. In fact, it made our best laptops list as our best pick under $1,000.
Apple MacBook Air (M1) — $799, was $999
Our roundup of the best Cyber Monday laptop deals wouldn’t be complete without a few Cyber Monday MacBook deals, would it? Of course not. So here’s our first one. Check out this 2020 Apple MacBook Air deal from Amazon. Surprisingly it’s far less than $1,000. That’s right: You can get this MacBook Air for just $799, and it comes with a 13-inch Retina display, an Apple M1 chip, 8GB of RAM, 256GB of SSD storage, a FaceTime HD camera, and a backlit keyboard. This MacBook also boasts up to 18 hours of battery life, the longest so far of any other laptop on this list. A true “work hard, play hard” laptop. If this is your first MacBook, you can’t go wrong with snapping up this deal for yourself, especially at this price.
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This year, as with every year, the big Black Friday laptop deals are mainly on last year’s models, and this is true for the Microsoft’s Surface Laptop series. With the release of the Surface Laptop 5 this year, we’ve see some big discounts on the 4 –º which is great, because we absolutely love the Surface Laptop 4! (check out our review on it).
It’s currently got nearly £500 off the retail price, bringing it down from £1,649 to £1,167.97 (opens in new tab). That’s the model with Intel Core i7, 16GB RAM, and a 512GB SSD.
Good morning! Just starting my shift on our Black Friday laptop live blog, and going through all the deals that we’re highlighting (above), there’s a couple that have jumped out at me. Gamers rejoice! It’s a nice pair of MSI lappys!
The first is the MSI Katana GF66 15.6-inch gaming laptop. Over at Walmart it’s down from $1,899 to $1,299, saving you $600 (opens in new tab).
The second is the ma-hoosive 17-inch MSI Creator Pro laptop. Over at Amazon it’s down from $2,349 to $1,399, saving $950 (opens in new tab). That’s one of the biggest savings that I’ve seen on laptops this Black Friday.
Happy Saturday laptop-hunters! It may have only been a few hours since we logged off (thank goodness for a global team), but we’re back with more actually decent deals on laptops today. Thought Black Friday was over? Think again.
We’ll kick things off by revisiting one of our favourite deals of yesterday – the record-breaking price on the Dell XPS 15 OLED 3.5K laptop – now £2,449 (was £2,799) (opens in new tab). With a Intel Core i9-12900HK processor, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050Ti 4GB and a touchscreen, there are only 8 left in stock so we fully expect this to sell out today.
We’re wrapping things up for tonight, but we’ll be back tomorrow to continue hunting out the best Black Friday laptop deals. I’ll leave you with a couple of cracking deals on the 2022 Asus ROG Strix Scar 15, which is at number 2 in our pick of the best laptops for gaming.
It has an unabashed gaming style with RGB lights galore but it’s also very powerful courtesy of the new Intel 12th Gen CPUs and the latest Nvidia RTX graphics.
In the US, Amazon has ASUS ROG Strix Scar 15 with NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti and Intel Core i9 12900H reduced from $1,999 to $1649.99 (opens in new tab).
In the UK, the same setup is reduced from £2,299 to £1,899.00 (opens in new tab).
There are quite a few Black Friday laptop deals about on smaller Razer gaming laptops too. I’ve not spotted a deal on the Razer Blade 17 in the US, but Amazon has some big savings on the Razer Blade 15 – now from $2,229.99 $1,999 (opens in new tab) and Razer Blade 15 with NVIDIA’s RTX 3070 Ti now from $2,599 $1,999 (opens in new tab).
Sticking with gaming laptops, let’s go to the other extreme. The Razer Blade 17 is currently at the top of our pick of the best laptops for gaming overall. So how much can we save on this awesome gaming setup during Black Friday? Actually by a massive amount in the UK. Amazon has the Razer Blade 17 Intel Core i7, NVIDIA RTX 3070, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD for £2,599.99 £1,699 (opens in new tab). Yikes! That’s a stunning Black Friday laptop deal saving £700.
We’re seeing an absolute ton of Black Friday gaming laptop deals. But gaming laptops come in all kinds of sizes and capabilities. We’ve flagged up a deal on the awesome Razer Blade 14 (opens in new tab) above, but even with that massive Black Friday deal, that’s still a pricey piece of kit. So what are the cheapest gaming laptops this Black Friday? Here are a couple of budget gems.
So, this isn’t strictly a laptop, but a lot of people like using it as one. Microsoft’s Surface Pro range of tablets was designed to take on the iPad, with the advantage of being able to run fully fledged desktop software on Windows. Add in a type-cover, and you’ve got a nifty, tactile little laptop with a gorgeous screen and a pretty decent amount of power.
We’ve seen plenty of Black Friday discounts on last year’s Surface Pro 8, but there are deals on the new Surface Pro 9 too. Amazon has $250 off several configurations. For example, the Surface Pro 9 with 16GB RAM and 256GB or SSD is now $1,599.99 $1,349 (opens in new tab).
If you’re absolutely aching for that NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti graphics card but can’t stretch to the near-$2,000 that getting it inside a Razer Blade would cost you, we’ve got good MSI Black Friday news for you, US friends! Walmart is slashing $600 (or almost a third) off the excellent MSI Katana GF66, now $1,299 (was $1,899) (opens in new tab). It’s got that vaunted graphics card, and to back it up it’s got an Intel Core 12th Gen i9-12900H processor, 16GB RAM and 1TB SSD under the bonnet (that’s British for hood), with a 15.6-inch Full HD 144Hz screen to immerse you in games (and graphic design).
Well, here’s a surprise. The Microsoft Surface Laptop 5 has been out for all of five minutes (well, a month), so I didn’t expect to see any discounts on it this Black Friday. How wrong I was. It’s not a huge discount, granted, but it has just dropped 6% on Amazon, where you can now get the Microsoft Surface Laptop 5 13.5-inch version in silver for £1,191.11, down nearly 78 quid from £1,269 (opens in new tab). This is the version with Intel EVO 12th Gen Core i5 processor, 8GB RAM and 512GB SSD, and interestingly only in Silver and Black. I really liked the 4, this laptop’s predecessor, and my colleague Ian currently has this one in for review, with early signs positive. It’s not an Earth-shattering deal, let’s be honest, but a nice little surprise nonetheless.
It’s bargain time! If all you need is a laptop to browse the internet, watch streaming and/or do general office-type work or studying, a Chromebook may be enough for you. And there are a dizzying number of Chromebook Black Friday flying around now, so sifting through which ones of these ultra-cheap laptops are actually any good can be tricky. One of the ones that’s actually decent is the Acer Chromebook 314, now only £169.99 (down from £249.99) on John Lewis (opens in new tab). That’s a cool £80 saving, almost a third, for a laptop that will do all the everyday tasks you need to do, so qualifies as an Actually Good Black Friday Chromebook Deal. The screen is a Full HD one too, so you can watch streaming services on it without it hurting your eyes (or pride) too much…
The HP Envy x360 is one of our favourite laptops this year, and certainly one of the best 2-in-1s we’ve ever tested (and here’s the review (opens in new tab) to prove it). We’re telling you this because we like you, and also because it’s now £200 off at John Lewis. You can get the HP Envy x360 for £699.99 (was £899.99) (opens in new tab), for which you get a premium convertible laptop with a Full HD touchscreen, 8GB RAM and a 512GB SSD. This is a better deal than you’ll find on Amazon right now, and the best one we’ve found for this excellent laptop.
So you want a Razer Blade but you’re not the heir to a vast fortune? I feel your pain. Razer gaming laptops are also fantastic computers for creative enthusiasts and professionals, and while most of them are, let’s face it, too expensive for most of us, you can bag what’s actually a pretty good Black Friday Razer deal on B&H right now. The Razer Blade 14 is $600 off, down to $1,999.99 from $2,599.99 (opens in new tab), and for it, you get the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti powering a 14-inch 144Hz Full HD screen, with 16GB of RAM and a 1TB PCle 4.0 SSD. It’s not the biggest screen, for if you’re a video editor, for example, but this can be remedied with a bigger second screen, because the engine behind it is formidable.
I feel you, dear US readers. We’ve told you about the ASUS Vivobook earlier as a good offer for UK readers, but I’m not gonna leave you out, my American friends, because I care about you. And you can rejoice now, as I’ve spotted what we in the UK would call a proper Obie Trice (google it) deal on a good affordable Lenovo laptop at Walmart. The Lenovo Ideapad 5i is $130 off, now $369 (was $499) (opens in new tab). This Walmart offer beats Lenovo’s own by a full dollar (it all counts!) and turns a decent midrange laptop into a great budget laptop. It comes with a 14-inch Full HD screen, 8GB of RAM and a 256GB SSD to keep things running nice and smooth for remote workers or hard-working students.
If you have ten clumsy thumbs like me, you won’t be a fan of most native laptop keyboards, so will prefer an external keyboard hooked up to your computer. And while my favourite keyboard, the Corsair K100 Air, isn’t discounted this Black Friday, the Corsair K55 RGB Pro XT, also a really good mechanical keyboard, is a big £25 off on Corsair’s website this Black Friday weekend, now £49.99 (was £74.99) (opens in new tab). This keyboard, while billed as a gaming keyboard, works really well for creative professionals and enthusiasts with its customisable keys and mechanical switches (as opposed to resistance-free membrane keyboards), and they don’t come much better than Corsair, who have a very decent range of keyboards, mice and accessories available during their Corsair Black Friday sales event (opens in new tab).
Look, we all want the big fancy expensive laptops, but we don’t all (1) have the money for one, and/or (2) actually need one. If you’re looking for a nice, affordable laptop for your general work-from-home tasks, or a student laptop that won’t fall apart midway through a lecture in two months, John Lewis is offering the midrange ASUS Vivobook 15 for budget laptop money right now, down to £369.99 (was £599.99) (opens in new tab). That’s a good 38% discount for a very reliable machine, which comes with a Full HD 15.6-inch screen, 8GB RAM and a 256GB SSD (which makes it work much faster than any equivalent laptop with an HDD). It’s a really good price from a very reliable laptop maker.
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If you’re after a laptop that will fulfil your every day needs – surfing the web, watching movies, etc, this Dell Inspiron is a great choice. With a 15.6-inch screen, Intel Core i5 processor, 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD and Windows 11 Home, this is nifty little machine is excellent value at its retail price of £579. And right now you can get a further £80 off this Dell Inspiron laptop at Amazon, taking it down to just £499 (opens in new tab), making it a total bargain.
We’ve told you about the Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 earlier, but there’s also a generous discount on the Surface Laptop Studio on Amazon, now £1,199 (was £1,449) (opens in new tab). It’s not as big a discount as on the 4, but it’s a newer model so that’s understandable. The model on offer has an Intel Core i5 processor, 16GB RAM and a 256GB SSD, and this is very close to the lowest-ever price we’ve seen for it.
We’ve found a very decent discount on a very decent 2-in-1, as the Samsung Galaxy Book 2 is £400 off at Currys, now £599 (was £999) (opens in new tab). It’s got 8GB of RAM, Full HD AMOLED touchscreen and an Intel Core i5 processor, and it comes with a stylus included, so could be a good midrange option for budding designers who want a tablet and laptop all in one.
It’s beginning to look a lot like… a Razer Black Friday, actually. Razer has entered the Black Friday deals extravaganza with a vengeance, where interested US shoppers can score the Razer Blade 17 for $1,899.99, down $600 from $2,499.99 (opens in new tab). Being an ace gaming laptop, of course, it’s also a great tool for creative pros, with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 graphics card, the powerful 11th Gen Intel 8-Core i7 CPU powering a large 17.3″ FHD 360Hz screen, and supported by 16GB RAM and a 1TB SSD making photo and video-editing work look easy. There’s even an SD card reader for photographers, making an external dock unnecessary. This laptop did go down to $1,699.99 very briefly in August, so we’ll let you know if the price for this one drops further.
SLIGHTLY LESS LIMITED STOCK DELL UPDATE: If you have tried and failed to get the Dell laptop of your choice on Amazon, there’s slightly more selection (and sometimes far bigger discounts) on Dell’s own site. This includes £700 off the super-powerful Dell XPS 17 (£2,698.99 now £1,998.99) (opens in new tab) at the top end, and an almost-half off the budget-friendly Dell Inspiron 15 (£329 now £189) (opens in new tab) on the other.
Now that the Microsoft Surface Laptop 5 is out, the Surface Laptop 4 is being given a very healthy discount. But as it’s still a very capable machine (read our review (opens in new tab) if you don’t believe me), we can definitely still recommend it. Especially now that this high-spec variant is being given over £480 off the RRP, now £1,167.97 (was £1,649) (opens in new tab). This Surface Laptop 4 comes with an Intel Core i7 chip, 16GB of RAM, and a 512GB SSD, along with excellent battery life and a nice, sharp screen. This is the best price this laptop has ever been as far as we know, so if you’re in the market for a very good Surface laptop, you can celebrate Black Friday early.
Time for a LIMITED STOCK update. I know many of you are looking for Dell XPS laptops right now as they are both capable creative and gaming machines. Unfortunately, Dell doesn’t seem too well stocked in the UK at the moment, with many models sold out, but there are good offers to be had on the ones that still remain. There’s up to £350 off on Amazon right now (opens in new tab), with the biggest discount seen on the Dell XPS 15, now £2,449 (was £2,799) (opens in new tab). That’s also the best price we’ve seen this laptop go for, but there’s only 12 left in stock at the time of writing…
LIGHT THE GAMING LAPTOP BLACK FRIDAY DEAL BEACONS.
ASUS makes some good gaming laptops. One of the rather more impressive ones is the popular ASUS ROG Strix G15, which has a 300Hz Full HD screen, the lightning-fast NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, 16GB DDR5 RAM, and 512GB SSD, all running on the battery-life-friendly Intel Core i9 12900H processor. It’s currently $200 off on Amazon US, now $1,599.99, down from $1,799.99 (opens in new tab). Like most good gaming laptops, this one is a great option for ambitious creatives, thanks to the fast graphics card and ample RAM. This is close to, but not quite, the lowest price we’ve recorded for this laptop, so we’ll be sure to let you know if this one goes any lower over the weekend.
One of the best places for early Apple Black Friday deals on Apple products this morning seems to be B&H Photo & Video (opens in new tab), where you can find MacBooks for up to $500 off. One of these offers is on the popular MacBook Air (M1, 2020), and the Gold model is $250 off right now, down to $999 (was $1,249) (opens in new tab). The MacBook Air is a sleek and powerful laptop, and I personally love the Gold one, so if you don’t mind the little extra attention you’ll get, this is a very nice deal to go for.
Dear UK readers, the skies may be grey and dull, but this early Black Friday deal from Currys is hot and shiny! ASUS Zenbooks have become one of creatives’ laptops of choice, thanks to their excellent OLED screens and outstanding processing power. And now the Zenbook Pro 14 Duo is a cool £500 off at Currys, now £1,499, down from £1,999 (opens in new tab). It’s one of our favourite pro laptops, and even though the graphics card is ‘only’ an Intel Iris Xe, it’s still a fantastic piece of kit, so if you’re in the market for a laptop with a pin-sharp 2.8K OLED screen with great colour coverage, you could do a lot worse this Black Friday.
Hi, it’s Reviews Editor Erlingur here. I’ll be accompanying you today on Creative Bloq’s Black Friday laptop deals live blog. Even though Friday hasn’t arrived yet, we’re already seeing a lot of offers live both in the UK and US, and will be doing our best to keep track of the best deals on the best laptops out there all across the weekend…
The first one will be a big get for creative professionals in the US looking for a graphic design or video-editing powerhouse, as the MSI Creator 17 is a massive $800 off, from $2,349 down to $1,549 (opens in new tab). This laptop boasts 100% AdobeRGB colour coverage, and is equipped with an Intel Core i7-11800H processor, an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 graphics card, 16GB RAM, and a 512GB NVME SSD, and has Thunderbolt 4 ports for fast data transfer, something you’ll need if you’re editing 8K HDR video. This is the lowest price we’ve ever recorded for the MSI Creator 17, so we can definitely recommend this deal.