Amazon just slashed the price of Microsoft's latest laptop by over $300
TL;DR: The all-new Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 (256GB) is on sale for just $989.99 on Amazon. It normally retails for $1,299, so you'll be saving some 23%.
With its fast processing speed and ultra-portable, lightweight design, Microsoft's new Surface Laptop 3 was widely perceived as a direct competitor to the MacBook Air upon its October release. But as of this week, it's got something its Apple-made rival rarely sees: a huge discount.
Amazon is now offering 23% off the 13.5-inch Surface Laptop 3 with 256GB of storage, lowering its $1,299 MSRP by over $300 to just $989.99. For comparison's sake, data on the price-tracking site camelcamelcamel.com shows that the 256GB MacBook Air has never seen a discount of more than 15%. (Your move, Tim Cook.)
Built for multitasking, the Surface Laptop 3 sports a touchscreen display, a large glass trackpad, and a keyboard with a 1.3mm travel distance between keys — that's short, but not overly so (cc: Apple's butterfly keyboard). It also includes both USB-A and USB-C ports, because it's way easier to get shit done when all of your devices are working together.
Rounding out the Surface Laptop 3's spec lineup is an impressive battery life: You can plug away on this bad boy for up to 11.5 hours at a time. Plus, there's a standby tool that extends your battery while you're AFK, and a Fast Charging mode that can get you up to about 80% power in about an hour.
You can take your pick from three different keyboard styles when you take advantage of Amazon's current $310 off deal on the 256GB Surface Laptop 3: Choose from a sleek metal finish in matte black or a durable Alcantara fabric in either platinum or cobalt blue.
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.
