Black Friday is the best day of the year to pick up the most popular consumer electronics on the cheap, as we all surely know by now. What you might not know is that a wealth of UK retailers have begun a tradition of offering fantastic savings in the lead-up to the big day, and this year is no different.
For this reason, you’ll be able to find a whole load of fantastic deals on all manner of electronic goods in the coming weeks, including huge savings on laptops. Laptops can be very expensive, so Black Friday and the weeks preceding it almost certainly represent the best opportunity of the year to get a high-end model for a reasonable price.
Here at Expert Reviews, we realise that choosing the right laptop can be a difficult and often confusing task. Below, we’ve outlined the best laptop deals available in the coming weeks in terms you can understand, in order to help you find the right laptop for you, for less.
Here’s our pick of the best pre-Black Friday laptop deals
1. Surface Laptop 2 (was £979, now £779)
The Surface Laptop 2 is currently on offer for £779 at Amazon – that’s a saving of a ridiculous £200. Packed with the latest 8th generation Intel processor, 128GB SSD, and 8GB RAM, this is another ultra-thin, ultra-stylish hybrid you’d be mad not to consider for work, study, or binge-watching YouTube videos.
2. Dell Inspiron 15 5000 (was £420, now £300)
There’s our full review of the Dell Inspiron 15 5000 to read for more info about this classy laptop – and if takes your fancy, you should pick it up from Amazon, where it’s been given a discount and is now only £300.
3. HP Pavilion 14-ce0520sa 14-inch Intel Core i3 Laptop (was £599, now £399)
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Microsoft has slashed the price of its Surface Pro 5, saving you all of £150. You can pick up one of the top 2-in-1 laptops on the market with an Intel Core m3 processor, 128GB SSD storage and 4GB RAM for only £600.
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We already appreciated the price point of the Asus ZenBook 13 in our original review, and now John Lewis has dropped it even further. With 256GB SSD storage and 8GB of RAM, John Lewis has even thrown in a 2-year guarantee to boot.
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Currys is offering huge discounts on its range of HP 15-da0595sa laptops, including this 15.6in model. It packs an Intel Core i7-7500U processor backed up by 4GB of RAM and a whopping 1TB SSD storage. What’s not to like?
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John Lewis is offering a number of ‘reduced to clear’ deals on Apple MacBook Pro laptops. You can save up to £150 on the and £300 on the . Go grab a great bargain on a household name.
8. Microsoft Surface GO 10in Tablet-PC (was £509, now £440)
Amazon has cut the price of this Microsoft Surface GO 2-in-1 tablet PC by almost £70. The latest Surface hybrid is touted as the smallest and lightest one yet; with a 128GB SSD and 8GB RAM, it’s not too shabby in the speed department either.
9. Huawei Matebook X Pro (was £1,300, now £1,199)
Lots of people see a laptop that’s priced north of a grand and say the same thing: ‘Why not just buy a Macbook?’ Read our highly positive hands-on review of the Matebook X Pro for the answer – and take note of this price drop at Amazon.
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As you can read in our hands-on review, Google’s Pixelbook completely upends all those preconceptions that Chromebooks are the laptop equivalent of flying Ryanair. Gorgeously designed and surprisingly powerful, this high-class laptop has been given a 25% discount at John Lewis.
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11. Microsoft Surface Pro 6 12.3 Inch Tablet (was £1,150, now £1035)
The Microsoft Surface Pro 6 is currently on offer, reduced by £110 at Amazon. For the paltry sum of £1,034.60, you can bag the Intel i5 processor, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD model. It’s one of our favourite 2-in1 laptops.
12. HP ENVY x360 13-ag0002na (was £800, now £649)
HP’s Envy 13 range of ultraportable laptops have never had much of a ‘wow’ factor, but for what they offer, they’re always great value for money. But in Amazon’s Black Friday sale, the 13-ag0002na has dropped in price from £800 to £649, making it even more of a bargain.
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Another Acer Chromebook, another brought down to £300, another with a full HD, 13.3-inch screen, another with a solid 12-hour battery life, another great deal!
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This Acer Aspire 7 bargain is almost as good as it gets in terms of value. For only £679, it has Intel’s speedy quad-core i5-7300HQ processor, with 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD storage and a 1TB HDD.
15. HP 15-da0044na 15.6-Inch Full HD Laptop (was £350, now £280)
An HP laptop with a 15.6-inch full HD display, an Intel Pentium processor – and a fast-charge system that will bring you back to 50% of battery life in just 45 minutes. And now it’s £70 cheaper than it was, whoop!
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A great choice for gamers who want to keep their budget clear of the four-figure mark. MSI’s GL62MVR has been given a £240 discount by Laptops Direct.
17. iOTA 360 (was £160, now £120)
Let’s be honest, the iOTA was never a costly laptop. But this budget-end device, which has a touchscreen display and can be folded up to be used as a tablet, is now only £120 at Amazon.
18. Acer Chromebook R11 (was £279, now £209)
Save £70 on this Acer Chromebook, complete with 4GB RAM, 32GB eMMC storage and Intel Celeron processor. A 360-degree hinge and touch-screen make this a versatile hybrid Chromebook.
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19. Acer Chromebook 11 (was £199, now £139)
There’s 30% off this Chromebook, also from Acer, on Amazon at the moment. For £139, you’re getting one of the more low-spec Chromebooks on this list: 16GB eMMC storage, 2GB RAM, and an Intel Celeron processor. Of course, you’re looking for portability and speed, and the Acer Chromebook 11 has both of those things in spades.
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Currys PC World has dropped the price of the ASUS C101 10.1-inch 2-in-1 Chromebook by £70 so you can now pick one up for £260. Weighing in at 0.9kg, it’s a portable device with 4GB of RAM and 16GB of eMMC storage and features a touchscreen. The silver model usually retails at £330 so you can bag yourself a bargain with this current saving.
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The Asus ROG Zephyrus (GX501) isn’t the world’s most expensive gaming laptop, but it’s still one of our favourites. It features the latest Intel Core i7 processor and 8GB RAM, and a £660 discount is never going to be scoffed at.
