Best laptop deals for the holidays: Microsoft Surface Pro 7, Lenovo ThinkPad and Yoga and more for sale

Asus

If you’re not traveling anymore, why not buy the biggest laptop you can find? This 17.3-inch model from Asus offers a budget-priced mid-range component lineup with an AMD Ryzen 7 CPU, 12GB of RAM, and a 512GB solid state drive.

Lenovo’s new mid-range two-in-one convertible laptop / tablet is on sale now at Best Buy. This model features an 11th generation Core i5 CPU, 8GB of RAM, and a 256GB SSD. Its 15.6-inch touchscreen can rotate 360 ​​degrees in tablet mode. With its 11th-generation Core chip, the Yoga 7i receives the Evo label from Intel, which means, among other things, that the laptop provides a large amount of battery life, fast charging, and the ability to wake up from sleep. instant.

Walmart

If you are of a certain age then you may remember the Gateway name and its computers that were shipped in black and white cow print boxes. Gateway has returned as a line of inexpensive laptops and tablets at Walmart. But you won’t find any of the models on store shelves in their iconic cow packaging; the new Gateway laptops are only available online. This 14-inch Gateway laptop features a 10th Gen Intel Core i5 CPU and 16GB of RAM. You get a 256GB solid state drive for storage. The storage capacity is average for the price, but the amount of memory is twice what is normally offered. And you get a Full HD screen (1,920×1,080 pixels), which is better than the 1,366×768 pixel panels found in other budget laptops. There is also a fingerprint reader for easy and secure logins. Right now, three of the four color options are in stock and on sale: black, blue, and rose gold, but not green.

Walmart

Take the older model, expand the screen from 14.1 inches to 15.6 inches and get a whopping $ 250 savings. If you’re working or learning from home and traveling less, the extra screen space outweighs the added weight and volume.

Lenovo

You can save over $ 2,000 on Lenovo’s flagship ThinkPad with code THINK ABOUT VACATION. It has a 10th-gen Core i7 CPU, 16GB of RAM, and a 1TB solid-state drive. The 14-inch screen offers Full HD resolution and 400 nits of brightness.

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You can save a pack on the best overall Windows two-in-one tablet. This Surface Pro 7 model is discounted at $ 430 and is powered by a 10th Gen Core i5 CPU, 8GB of RAM, and a 256GB SSD. The 12.3-inch touchscreen has a sharp resolution of 2,736 x 1,824 pixels. Read our Microsoft Surface Pro 7 review.

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This budget gaming laptop sports a 15.6-inch Full HD display with a 10th Gen Intel Core i5 CPU, 8GB of memory, and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 graphics. The GTX GPU lacks the ray tracing of the current RTX line of Nvidia, but it should allow you to play most games on medium settings at 1080p. Read our Acer Nitro 5 review.

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Last year’s XPS 13 is still a powerhouse. You miss out on the slightly larger 13.4-inch screen and the 11th-gen Intel processors from the latest version of this long-time favorite, but you can save $ 500 on this 2019 mid-range setup that features a display. 13.3-inch 4K powered by a 10th-Gen Core i7 CPU and 16GB of RAM. Read our Dell XPS 13 review.

HP

This 15.6-inch Pavilion model sold directly by HP is a modern mid-range laptop with an 11th Gen Core i5 CPU and 8GB of RAM. And it’s customizable, so you can double the RAM for a reasonable $ 50. I would also consider spending $ 120 to upgrade the display to a Full HD panel.

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Microsoft’s MacBook clone is thin and light with a fantastic touchpad and keyboard combination and offers a remarkable power boost over the 2018 Surface Laptop 2. At 2,496×1,664 pixels, the 13.5-inch touchscreen gives you a resolution higher than usual Full HD. This Surface Laptop 3 model features a 10th Gen Intel Core i5 CPU, 8GB of RAM, Intel Iris Plus graphics, and a 256GB SSD. The biggest downside CNET found was the relatively short battery life, but that’s less of a problem when you’re getting nowhere. Read our Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 review.

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It is thin and light and can run all day. And it’s discounted. The LG Gram 15 is impressively compact for a 15.6-inch laptop, weighing 2.4 pounds, and measuring just 0.7 inches thick. The large 72 Wh battery is designed to run for 21 hours. This screen of this model lacks touch support, but has a Full HD resolution (1,920 x 1,080 pixels). Inside, it offers a 10th Gen Intel Core i5 CPU, 8GB of RAM, and a 512GB SSD.

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HP’s premium thin and light two-in-one convertible laptop is heavy on style and light. It features an all-metal design and razor-thin bezels for a compact chassis even on this larger 15-inch model. You can save $ 150 on this configuration, which features an 11th Gen Intel Core i7 CPU, 12GB of RAM, and a 512GB SSD with 32GB of fast Optane memory. The 15.6-inch touchscreen has a resolution of 1,920 x 1,080 pixels and can rotate 360 ​​degrees in tablet mode.

Lenovo

A Windows laptop at a Chromebook price. This 15.6-inch laptop runs on Windows 10 and features a Core i5 CPU, 12GB of RAM, and a 256GB SSD. At this price, we’d expect a Core i3 chip at best alongside 4GB of RAM, so this budget model is definitely outpacing its weight. The screen sadly only has a resolution of 1366×768 pixels.

Lenovo

This mid-range laptop is currently for sale at a budget laptop price. It features a 15.6-inch FHD touchscreen with an AMD Ryzen 7 3700U PCU and 12GB of RAM. It also gives you a 512GB SSD, which is twice the storage commonly found at this price.

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Lenovo’s new premium two-in-one convertible offers the Intel Evo platform inside a sleek, all-metal chassis. This discounted model features an 11th Gen Core i7 CPU, 16GB of RAM, and a 512GB SSD. This 14-inch two-in-one laptop weighs less than 3 pounds. Read our Lenovo Yoga 9i (15-inch) review.

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This 15-inch gaming laptop offers a 10th Gen Intel i7 CPU, 16GB of RAM, and a 512GB SSD with 32GB of Optane fast memory. For graphics, you have the Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060, which has 6GB of dedicated VRAM and supports real-time ray tracing, which reproduces how light behaves in the real world to give games a more photorealistic look. The GeForce RTX 2060 is the budget card in the RTX lineup and has exceptional gaming value. The 15.6-inch display has a resolution of 1,920 x 1,080 pixels and an ultra-fast 300Hz refresh rate.

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The Dell G5 15 won our Editors’ Choice Award for budget gaming laptops late last year. It offers exceptional performance for the money and doesn’t have terrible battery life like most gaming laptops. This discounted model features a 10th-gen Core i5 CPU, 8GB of RAM, a 256GB SSD, and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti graphics. The 15.6-inch screen has a Full HD resolution (1,920 x 1,080 pixels) and a fast 120Hz refresh rate, but is rated at just 250 nits of brightness. This budget gamer should allow you to play Fortnite and other less demanding titles at 1080p with some quality settings enabled. Read our Dell G5 15 review.