UPDATE: Jul. 18, 2024, 8:30 a.m. EDT This story has been updated to reflect current pricing and availability.
On any given day, Amazon's best laptop deals include some markdowns on Apple MacBooks... and not much else. The retail giant lists a lot of older and/or discontinued PCs that aren't super worth it. Amazon also has a penchant for inflating sticker prices, making discounts look steeper than they really are.
Those factors, combined with the heavy presence of sketchy third-party sellers among Amazon's laptop listings, make it one of the worst places to buy a laptop on the internet (again, unless you're shopping for MacBooks). We usually recommend shopping at Best Buy or going directly to the manufacturer's online store instead.
The fine print here is that Amazon usually gets its act together for major savings events, including its flagship Prime Day sale. When such sales are live, it's way easier to find heftier discounts on new laptops shipped and sold by Amazon itself (though it still behooves savvy shoppers to cross-check prices elsewhere, just in case).
Like clockwork, those hefty discounts appeared on Prime Day 2024 from July 16 to 17 — and some of them are still live the day after the sale technically ended. (Best Buy's Black Friday in July sale might've been the motivation Amazon needed.) A couple models from its usual assortment of MacBooks are holding at record lows, while a handful of clamshell and 2-in-1 LG gram laptops are still $300 to $500 off for the Windows crew. You're really only SOL if you were hoping to pick up a cheap gaming laptop: All of Amazon's good Prime Day gaming laptop deals were expired at the time of writing. The same goes for most of its Chromebook markdowns.
We'll continue to keep track of the best Prime Day laptop deals in the wake of the sale, in case you're still on the hunt for a new machine. Keep reading for the highlights.
Note: Deals with a 🔥 have dropped to an all-time low price. Deals with a strikeout were either sold out or expired at the time of writing. We've cross-checked pricing with manufacturers' sites whenever possible to make sure the deals are legit. (If Amazon had the wrong MSRP, we corrected it and adjusted the discount accordingly.) We've also weeded out laptops sold by third-party sellers — if they have "Ships from/Sold by Amazon.com" underneath their "Buy Now" button, we're cool.
Best MacBook deal
$999.00 Save $200.00
Why we like it
Read Mashable's full review of the 13-inch Apple MacBook Air (M2).
This is a record-low price for the previous-generation MacBook Air, a Mashable Choice Award winner with a "dreamy keyboard" and "rock-solid battery life," per tech and games reporter Alex Perry. (Best Buy was matching Amazon's deal at the time of writing, FYI.) While it lacks its successor's peppier M3 CPU, WiFi 6E support, and closed-lid support for two external displays, none of those omissions should be dealbreakers for students and casual multitaskers. Plus, it's hard to imagine it getting any cheaper than this while Apple still sells it.
More MacBook Deals
Apple MacBook Air, 13-inch (M3, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD)— $849$1,299 (save $250 with on-page coupon) 🔥Apple MacBook Air, 15-inch (M3, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD)— $1,049$1,299 (save $250 with on-page coupon) 🔥Apple MacBook Pro, 14-inch (M3, 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD) — $1,399
$1,599(save $200) 🔥Apple MacBook Pro, 14-inch (M3 Pro, 18GB RAM, 512GB SSD) — $1,699
$1,999(save $300) 🔥Apple MacBook Pro, 16-inch (M3 Pro, 18GB RAM, 512GB SSD)— $1,899$2,499 (save $600 with on-page coupon) 🔥
Best Windows laptop deal
$1,399.99 Save $500.00
Why we like it
Powered by an all-new Intel Core Ultra 5 125H processor, the LG gram 17 is a thin big-screener that's impressively light for its size: it weighs in at just 2.96 pounds, making it even airier than the latest 15-inch MacBook Air.
This particular configuration with 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage actually retails for $1,399.99 on the LG website, meaning Amazon's still-live Prime Day price of $899.99 is an even better deal than advertised. (Ignore its listed "typical price" of $1,245.81.) You'll save a total of 36%.
More Windows laptop deals
Acer Aspire 3 (AMD Ryzen 3 7320U, 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD) — $299.99
$329.99(save $30 with Prime)Asus Vivobook 16 (AMD Ryzen 7 7730U, 8GB RAM, 1TB SSD)— $474.99$599.99 (save $116 with Prime)Dell Inspiron 15 3530 (Intel Core i5-1335U, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD)— $539.80$599.99 (save $60.19 with Prime)LG gram 14 (Intel Core Ultra 5 125H, 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD) — $699.99
$1,099.99(save $400 with Prime) 🔥LG gram 14 2in1 (Intel Core i5-1340P, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD) — $799.99
$1,299.99(save $400 with Prime) 🔥LG gram 16 2in1 (Intel Core i7-1360P, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD) — $999.99
$1,599.99(save $600 with Prime)LG gram Pro 2in1 (Intel Core Ultra 7 155H, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD)— $1,299.99$1,599.99 (save $300 with Prime) 🔥Asus Zenbook Pro 14 OLED (Intel Core i9-13900H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD)— $1,484.99$1,799.99 (save $315 with Prime) 🔥LG gram SuperSlim (Intel Core Ultra 7 155H, 32GB RAM, 2TB SSD) — $1,599.99
$1,999.99(save $400 with Prime) 🔥
Gaming laptop deals
Asus TUF A15 (AMD Ryzen 5 7535H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050, 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD)— $594.99$699.99 (save $105 with Prime) 🔥Acer Nitro V 15 (Intel Core i5-13420H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050, 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD)— $659.99$779.99 (save $120 with Prime) 🔥Asus ROG Strix G15 (AMD Ryzen 7 6800HS, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD)— $759.99$999.99 (save $240 with Prime) 🔥Acer Nitro V 16 (AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD)— $839.99$1,129.99 (save $290 with Prime) 🔥Asus ROG Strix G16 (Intel Core i7-13650HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD)— $1,099.99$1,399.99 (save $300 with Prime) 🔥Asus TUF A17 (AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD)— $1,099.99$1,299.99 (save $200 with Prime) 🔥MSI Katana 15 (Intel Core i7-13620H, NVIDIA Geforce RTX 4070, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD)— $1,189.99$1,399.99 (save $210 with Prime) + free copy of Black Myth: Wukong🔥Acer Predator Helios 16 (Intel Core i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD)— $1,299.99$1,899.99 (save $600 with Prime) + free copy of Black Myth: Wukong🔥Razer Blade 15 (Intel Core i7-13800H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD)— $1,789.99$2,799.99 (save $1,010 with Prime) + free copy of Black Myth: Wukong
Chromebook deals
Asus Chromebook Flip CM5 (AMD Ryzen 3 3250C, 4GB RAM, 64GB eMMC)— $299.99$529.99 (save $230) 🔥Acer Chromebook Plus 514 (Intel Core i3-N305, 8GB RAM,128GB SSD) — $299.99
$379.99(save $80) 🔥Asus Chromebook Plus CX34 (Intel Core i3-1215U, 8GB RAM, 256GB UFS)— $373.99$439.99 (save $66)
