Big sales events like Amazon Prime Day are the best time of year to score discounts on tech, especially essentials like laptops. Well, there’s good news. Many of our favorite laptops — and gaming laptops — are on sale. We’ve curated our pick of the eight best Prime Day laptop deals so you don’t have to waste time sifting through pages and pages of discounts. We’ve got a wide range, from MacBooks to Windows PCs to Chromebooks — there’s something for everyone here. Be sure to check out our upcoming Prime Day Live blog , where we’ll be highlighting some of the biggest discounts on our favorite products.
Updated at 11 a.m. ET: We’ve added more details about the MacBook Air (2024) discount and confirmed that all of these deals are still valid.
We test products throughout the year and then carefully select these deals. We will update this guide periodically throughout the sale.
Best Laptop Deals
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Get a better deal at $1,049 ($200 off). The 15-inch MacBook Air (8/10, WIRED Recommends) is the first big-screen option in the Air lineup. It’s a great option if you want a bigger screen but don’t want to splurge on a MacBook Pro. It has all the same features as the 13-inch MacBook Air, including a modern design and a 1080p webcam, not to mention the latest M3 chip. The base model comes with an 8-core CPU and 10-core GPU, and in my testing, it handled 41 Chrome tabs, multiple apps, and three separate windows with ease. I recommend upgrading to at least 16GB of unified memory, though, to ensure it can handle dozens of apps and tabs running at once. —Brenda Stolyar
For power users, the MacBook Pro with the M3 Max is the way to go. This laptop comes with a vibrant Mini LED display that can reach a peak brightness of 1,000 nits, three Thunderbolt 4 ports, a full-size HDMI port, and a MagSafe charging connector. The M3 Max chip can handle 4K video editing, heavy graphic design, or special effects work. We’ve seen this model go in and out of stock today—as of this writing, the M3 Max model is out of stock. 48GB memory availableBut the 36GB model isn’t, even though the opposite was true an hour ago — but whichever model you choose, be sure to click the coupon to get an additional $200 off. —Eric Ravenscraft
The Acer Chromebook Plus 514 (8/10, WIRED Recommends) is one of our favorites among the new, more powerful Chromebooks. It gives you everything you need for everyday tasks like browsing the web, editing documents, and chatting with friends. The keyboard and trackpad are excellent, which is unusual for a Chromebook, and the touchscreen looks great. It won’t win any design awards, and there’s no backlit keyboard, but this is a great laptop for the price. It was on sale for $320 for a few months, but now with Prime Day, the price has dropped even further, to the lowest we’ve seen. If you want a bigger screen, the Acer Chromebook Plus 515 is the better option. Also available for sale for $319 ($80 off).
Acer’s laptop names are confusing. The model number here is A315-24PT-R0UX, which is no less confusing but can at least be used to compare to other models. This is an upgrade to our favorite 15-inch laptop. It offers the best value for a 15-inch laptop we’ve tested, with an AMD Ryzen 5 7520U processor, 16GB of RAM, and a 512GB NVMe SSD. It’s big, and the screen isn’t the sharpest, but it won’t strain your eyes. Interestingly, the title here says 16GB of RAM, as it does in one of the specs listings, but another says 8GB of RAM, which is Amazon’s, so who knows what you’re getting. If you end up with 8GB, return it.
This is the lowest price we’ve ever seen on our favorite gaming laptop. The Razer Blade 18 (8/10, WIRED Recommends) packs Nvidia’s RTX 4070 graphics card, though you can opt for a more powerful card for a little more money. You get plenty of raw power in a gorgeous design with a massive 18-inch Mini LED display with a 300Hz refresh rate and G-Sync compatibility. It’s also one of the first laptops ever with a Thunderbolt 5 port for faster data transfer speeds. Want a more compact machine? The Blade 14 at For sale for $1600 ($300 discount). —Julian Chokato
This 16 inch machine doesn’t scream. Gaming laptop If you prefer a more discreet PC that can be used as a work laptop, the m16 R2 IPS (8/10, WIRED Recommends) has a 240Hz refresh rate LCD display, which makes fast-paced content look extremely smooth. It’s also equipped with Nvidia’s RTX 4070 graphics card, so it can handle almost any game at medium or high graphics settings, and while battery life isn’t great when gaming, it’s surprisingly long-lasting when you’re on the clock.
The Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 (8/10, WIRED review) is a very powerful laptop that can rival the power of many gaming desktops. It also Consumes It’s almost as powerful as a gaming desktop, so you’ll probably want to do most of your heavy gaming near a wall outlet. The updated model with the Nvidia RTX 4080 is currently on sale for a few hundred dollars less than its usual price, so if you’ve been waiting to buy the last gaming laptop you’ll ever need for several years, now’s a good time.Eric Ravenscroft
If you’re looking for a MacBook on a budget, the 2024 13-inch MacBook Air (7/10, WIRED Recommends) is also on sale. It’s the MacBook model we’d recommend for most people, with a 13.6-inch LCD display, 60Hz refresh rate, and a built-in 1080p webcam. It’ll look familiar to other MacBook Air designs, and it comes in four classic Apple colors: Starlight, Midnight, Space Gray, and Silver (all on sale). It’s down to $850 if you click the coupon to get an additional $50 off the already discounted price.Nina Farrell
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