Amazon's Prime Day laptop deals tend to suck compared to Best Buy's, but we found some early standouts
It's easy to find quality deals on a lot of tech during Amazon's flagship Prime Day sale — but laptops, not so much. The retailer's listings are rife with sketchy third-party sellers and discontinued models, making it tough to distinguish the "must-buys" from the "too-good-to-be-trues." And historically, competing sales elsewhere have featured better, less misleading prices on top brands like Apple, HP, Acer, Microsoft, Lenovo, Dell, and ASUS. (Hi, Best Buy.)
Below, we've curated a highly selective list of the best, actually worthwhile laptop deals you can shop on Amazon ahead of this year's Prime Day sale on July 11 and 12, all of which we've cross-checked with each model's manufacturer to verify listings. Less than two dozen offers made the cut, so it's not a bad idea to keep your cart empty for now — things will probably liven up once the event officially starts. That said, there's one especially good day-of deal that requires some preliminary action on your part:
Early Prime Day traditional laptop deals
Why we like it
Last year's Acer Swift X promises "extreme performance" in a thin, lightweight form factor for on-the-go creators. This particular configuration features a speedy, up-to-task AMD Ryzen 7 5825U processor, 16GB of RAM, NVIDIA RTX 3050 Ti graphics, and 512GB of storage. It's one of ten products featured in Amazon's new invite-only Prime Day deals program, which means its juicy sale price of $629.99 is limited to select Prime members during the event. You'll need to request access to the offer ahead of time by clicking the yellow button on its product page; if selected to participate, an email with a unique link to buy it will arrive in your inbox once the sale goes live.
Ignore Amazon's $913.07 list price, by the way: This laptop actually retails for $1,099.99, making its Prime Day deal even better than advertised. You'll save a whopping $470, or 43%.
More early Prime Day traditional laptop deals:
Acer Aspire 5 (Intel Core i5-1135G7, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD) — $507.80
$649.99(save $142.19)Apple MacBook Air, 13-inch (Apple M1 chip, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD) — $799.99
$999(save $199.01)Apple MacBook Air, 15.3-inch (Apple M2 chip, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD) — $1,199
$1,299(save $100)Apple MacBook Pro, 13-inch (Apple M2 chip, 8GB RAM, 245GB SSD) — $1,099
$1,299(save $200)Apple MacBook Pro, 13-inch (Apple M2 chip, 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD) — $1,299
$1,499(save $200)Apple MacBook Pro, 14-inch (Apple M1 Pro chip, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD) — $1,999
$2,499(save $500)Apple MacBook Pro, 14.2-inch (Apple M2 Pro chip, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD) — $1,799
$1,999(save $200)LG gram 14 (Intel Evo Core i7-1260P, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD) — $902.28
$1,499.99(save $597.71)LG gram 15 (Intel Evo Core i7-1260P, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD) — $1,496.99
$1,899.99(save $403)LG gram 16 (Intel Evo Core i7-1360P, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD) — $1,496.99
$1,699.99(save $203)LG gram 17 (Intel Evo Core i7-1260P, 32GB RAM, 2TB SSD) — $1,696.99
$2,099.99(save $403)Microsoft Surface Laptop 5, 13.5-inch (Intel Core i5-1235U, 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD) — $999.99
$1,299.99(save $300)Microsoft Surface Laptop 5, 15-inch (Intel Core i7-1235U, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD) — $1,499.99
$1,799.99(save $300)Samsung Galaxy Book2 Pro (Intel Core i5-1260P, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD) — $836.83
$1,099.99(save $263.16)Samsung Galaxy Book3 (Intel Core i7-1355U, 16 GB RAM, 512GB SSD) — $849.99
$999.99(save $150)Samsung Galaxy Book3 Pro, 14-inch (Intel Core i7-1360P, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD) — $1,299.99
$1,449.99(save $150)
Early Prime Day gaming laptop deals
Why we like it
This beefy configuration of the 2022 Razer Blade 15 has a 12th-generation Intel Core i7 processor, 16GB of RAM, a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti GPU, and a terabyte of storage space. It earned a 4/5 from our pals at PCMag (owned by Mashable's publisher, ZiffDavis), who deemed it the gaming rig with "the best premium mix of mobility and performance." Its sky-high $2,999.99 MSRP is one of its only notable cons, but Amazon put a huge dent in it ahead of Prime Day: You can order it now for $1,952.92, or just over $1,000 off (a 35% savings). It's now cheaper than another Razer Blade 15 configuration with downgraded GeForce RTX 3060 graphics.
More early Prime Day gaming laptop deals
Acer Nitro 5 (Intel Core i7-12700H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti, 16GB RAM, 2TB SSD) — $1,901.96
$2,299.99(save $398.03)MSI Katana GF66 (Intel Core i7-11800H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD) — $1,139.56
$1,349.99(save $210.43)MSI Stealth 15 (Intel Core i7-13620H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD) — $1,449
$1,599.99(save $150.99)Razer Blade 14 (AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD) — $1,999.99
$2,599.99(save $600)
Early Prime Day 2-in-1 laptop deals
Why we like it
Weighing in at just 2.75 pounds, the new LG gram 14 2-in-1 is a premium convertible laptop with a vivid, non-reflective touchscreen display and a 360-degree hinge that lets it flip into tablet mode. Amazon has the 1TB configuration with 16GB of RAM and a 13th-gen Intel Core i7 processor on sale for $1,499, which is a good $200 off its suggested retail price of $1,699.99.
Early Prime Day Chromebook deals
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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.
