Some of Amazon's October Prime Day laptop deals got even better on day 2 of the sale
Prime Big Deal Days is live through the end of the day today (Oct. 8), and props to anyone who's waited to buy a laptop until now. A bunch of popular models have gotten cheaper on Amazon since its fall Prime Day sale started yesterday — including the latest M4 MacBook Air.
The sky blue variant of Apple's 15-inch ultraportable was $999 when Prime Big Deal Days began, but now it's only $979 (a total savings of $220). I would've bet good money that it hung out at that higher price all week, but I'm happy to be proven wrong. Best Buy has matched that deal during its competing Techtober Sale in case it sells out on Amazon.
Need more RAM and storage? An upgraded MacBook Air with 24GB of RAM and a 512GB SSD is now $1,354 on Amazon (usually $1,599); it was $1,369 earlier this morning and $1,399 all day Tuesday. Best Buy is also matching that latest price drop.
Over on the Windows side, a couple variants of the Mashable Choice Award-winning Microsoft Surface Laptop 7 have gotten anywhere from $15 to $30 cheaper since the first half of Prime Big Deal Days. The one I'd personally grab is the Snapdragon X Elite variant of the 13.8-inch model with 16GB of RAM and 1TB of storage, which has fallen from $1,599.99 to $999.99 in sapphire. It's never dipped below $1,000 before, and it's $200 more expensive at Best Buy and the Microsoft Store. (I'll also add that it's only $70 pricier than the same model with half the storage.)
Below, I've gone deeper on those picks and rounded up a bunch of other great Prime Big Deal Days discounts on 2-in-1s, gaming laptops, and Chromebooks. I've marked all-time lows with a 🔥.
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Best MacBook deal
Why we like it
Apple's M4 MacBook Air is a sleek speed demon: In our CPU benchmark, it outperformed 89% of the models in our laptop testing database. It doesn't look all that different from older MacBooks with M-something chips, but its upgraded 12MP Center Stage camera was a welcome upgrade to our reviewer. I think the 15-inch model is the best pick for most people, and right now, Amazon has the 256GB base configuration on sale for just $979 in sky blue (normally $1,199). That's a new record low.
Read Mashable's full review of the 15-inch Apple MacBook Air (M4).
More MacBook Air deals
Apple MacBook Air, 13-inch (M4, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD) — $799
$999(save $200) 🔥Apple MacBook Air, 13-inch (M4, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD) — $999
$1,199(save $200) 🔥Apple MacBook Air, 13-inch (M4, 24GB RAM, 512GB SSD) — $1,199
$1,399(save $200)Apple MacBook Air, 15-inch (M4, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD) — $1,199
$1,399(save $200) 🔥Apple MacBook Air, 15-inch (M4, 24GB RAM, 512GB SSD) — $1,354
$1,599(save $245) 🔥
MacBook Pro deals
Apple MacBook Pro, 14-inch (M4, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD) — $1,330
$1,599(save $269 with on-page coupon)Apple MacBook Pro, 14-inch (M4, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD) — $1,599
$1,799(save $200)Apple MacBook Pro, 14-inch (M4 Pro, 24GB RAM, 512GB SSD) — $1,799
$1,999(save $200)Apple MacBook Pro, 16-inch (M4 Pro, 24GB RAM, 512GB SSD) — $2,249
$2,499(save $250)Apple MacBook Pro, 16-inch (M4 Pro, 48GB RAM, 512B SSD) — $2,599
$2,899(save $300)Apple MacBook Pro, 14-inch (M4 Max, 36GB RAM, 1TB SSD) — $2,869
$3,199(save $330)Apple MacBook Pro, 16-inch (M4 Max, 36GB RAM, 1TB SSD) — $3,099
$3,499(save $400)
Best Windows laptop deal
$1,599.99 Save $600
Why we like it
The 13.8-inch Surface Laptop 7 with a Snapdragon X Elite chip is my favorite Windows laptop for most people. It's beautiful, it's about as fast as an M4 MacBook Air, and it lasts for nearly 23 hours on a single charge — that's two longer than the M4 Pro-powered MacBook Pro, the longest-lasting MacBook we've tried. (Before you buy it, just double check that its powerful ARM-based CPU is compatible with your go-to apps.) The sapphire variant with 16GB of memory and 1TB of storage is marked down to $999.99 for Prime Big Deal Days, or 38% off — its biggest discount ever.
Read Mashable's full review of the 13.8-inch Microsoft Surface Laptop 7.
More Windows laptop deals
Asus Vivobook Go 15 (AMD Ryzen 3 7320U, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD) — $299.99
$379.99(save $80)Acer Aspire Go 15 (AMD Ryzen 7 5825U, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD) — $449.99
$549.99(save $100) 🔥Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3X (Snapdragon X, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD) — $499.99
$679.99(save $180) 🔥Acer Aspire 14 AI (Intel Core Ultra 5 226V, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD) — $499.99
$879.99(save $380) 🔥Acer Aspire 16 AI (Snapdragon X, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD) — $499.99
$699.99(save $200) 🔥Asus Vivobook 16 (AMD Ryzen AI 5 340, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD) — $616.99
$799.99(save $183) 🔥Asus Vivobook 16 (Snapdragon X, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD) — $637.49
$799.99(save $162.50) 🔥Microsoft Surface Laptop, 13-inch (Snapdragon X Plus, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD) — $649.99
$899.99(save $250) 🔥Acer Aspire 14 AI (Intel Core Ultra 7 256V, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD) — $649.99
$979.99(save $330) 🔥Acer Swift Go 14 (AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD) — $699.99
$899.99(save $200)Microsoft Surface Laptop 7, 13.8-inch (Snapdragon X Plus, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD) — $849.99
$1,199.99(save $350)Microsoft Surface Laptop 7, 13.8-inch, Snapdragon X Elite, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD) — $919.99
$1,399.99(save $480) 🔥Asus Vivobook S16 (AMD Ryzen AI 7 350, 24GB RAM, 1TB SSD) — $969.99
$1,149.99(save $200) 🔥Microsoft Surface Laptop 7, 13.8-inch (Snapdragon X Elite, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD) — $1,349.99
$1,099.99(save $650) 🔥Microsoft Surface Laptop 7, 15-inch (Snapdragon X Elite, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD) — $1,459.99
$2,099.99(save $640)
2-in-1 laptop deals
Microsoft Surface Pro 11, 12-inch (Snapdragon X Plus, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD) — $734.99
$899.99(save $165) 🔥Microsoft Surface Pro 11, 13-inch (Snapdragon X Plus, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD) — $869.99
$1,199.99(save $330)Microsoft Surface Pro 11, 13-inch (Snapdragon X Elite, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD) — $899.99
$1,399.99(save $500) 🔥Microsoft Surface Pro 11, 13-inch (Snapdragon X Elite, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD) — $1,054.99
$1,499.99(save $445)Microsoft Surface Pro 11, 13-inch (Snapdragon X Elite, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD) — $1,184.99
$1,699.99(save $515) 🔥Samsung Galaxy Book5 Pro 360 (Intel Core Ultra 7 256V, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD) — $1,199.99
$1,699.99(save $500) 🔥LG gram Pro 2in1 16 (Intel Core Ultra 7 255H, 32GB RAM, 2TB SSD) — $2,094.99
$2,549.99(save $455) 🔥
Gaming laptop deals
Acer Nitro V (Intel Core i5-13420H, Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050, 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD) — $599.99
$749.99(save $150) 🔥Asus TUF Gaming F16 (Intel Core 5 210H, Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050, 16GB DDR5, 512GB) SSD) — $829.99
$1,099.99(save $270) 🔥Acer Nitro V (Intel Core i7-13620H, Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD) — $849.99
$949.99(save $100)Asus TUF Gaming F16 (Intel Core i5-13450HX, Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD) — $1,072.99
$1,299.99(save $227) 🔥Acer Nitro V 16S AI (AMD Ryzen 7 260, Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD) — $1,169.99
$1,299.99(save $130) 🔥Asus ROG Strix G16 (Intel Core i7-14650HX, Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD) — $1,199.99
$1,499.99(save $300) 🔥Asus ROG Strix G18 (AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX, Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD) — $1,444.99
$1,699.99(save $255) 🔥Alienware 18 Area-51 (Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX, Nvidia GeForce RTX 5007, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD) — $2,299.99
$2,949.99(save $650) 🔥Asus ROG Strix G16 (Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX, Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD) — $2,399.99
$2,899.99(save $500) 🔥
Chromebook deals
Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 Chromebook (MediaTek Kompanio 520, 4GB RAM, 64GB eMMC) — $159.99
$219.99(save $60) 🔥Lenovo Chromebook Duet 11 (MediaTek Kompanio 838, 4GB RAM, 64GB eMMC) — $209.99
$319.99(save $110) 🔥Acer Chromebook Plus 515 (Intel Core i3-1305U, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD) — $329.99
$399.99(save $70) 🔥
Matthew Ford contributed to this article.
Haley Henschel is a Chicago-based Senior Shopping Reporter at Mashable who reviews and finds deals on popular tech, from laptops to gaming consoles and VPNs. She has years of experience covering shopping holidays and can tell you what’s actually worth buying on Black Friday and Amazon Prime Day. Her work has also explored the driving forces behind digital trends within the shopping sphere, from dupes to 12-foot skeletons.
