Best post-Prime Day laptop deals still available

At Amazon’s recent Prime Day event, there was a wide range of laptops on sale. If you missed the chance to get your favorites during the 48-hour event, there’s still hope. For a limited time, you can still find great prices on your next laptop. Significant discounts remain on models from leading brands such as Apple, HP and Samsung. Plus, there are still hundreds of deals available on everything from robot vacuums to kitchen appliances and 3D printers. However, act quickly, because time is running out.

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To help you make the most of these extended Prime Day bargains before they’re gone, we’ve rounded up the best post-Prime Day laptop deals you can buy right now. Keep in mind that some Amazon deals are exclusive to Prime members, but you can also find plenty of offers at competing retailers like Best Buy and Walmart.

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Our favorite extended Amazon Prime Day laptop deals

Get the lowest price yet on Apple’s M1 MacBook Air. Even though it’s a few years old now, this Air is still powerful enough for most people and a super affordable way to fit a silicon-powered Apple machine in your bag. In our collection of the best laptops of 2024our editors selected this model as the best laptop for students.

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While not the most recent model, this 2022 version still has a powerful M2 chip and gives you many of the great specs of the M3 at a lower price. Additionally, this is the lowest price this Macbook Air has been listed for on Amazon in 30 days.

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This 13-inch MacBook Air has an M3 chip, 16 GB of memory and a 512 GB SSD drive. The MacBook Air M3 was chosen as the best laptop in our overview best laptops of 2024. It’s currently listed on Amazon for $1,249, a $250 discount exclusively for Prime members. There are several colors available at this price.

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With the ultra-fast M3 chip and Liquid Retina XDR display, an HD camera and a battery life of up to 18 hours, this is a top laptop that is currently enjoying a rare $200 discount if you opt for the silver variant.

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In their roundup of the best laptops for college, our CNET review team experts Matt Elliott and Joshua Goldman called the Acer Chromebook Spin 714 the “best Chromebook to last for years.” It’s versatile, with a touchscreen and hinge, and durable. And right now, Best Buy has taken $200 off the price.

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Is Prime Day the Best Time to Buy a Laptop?

Post-Prime Day deals offer a huge range of products on sale, including laptops. However, you don’t have to limit yourself to Amazon for great deals. Often, outlets like Best Buy and Walmart offer incredibly competitive prices during Prime Day events.

In general, Prime Day is a good time to buy a laptop at a discount, although Black Friday tends to offer the very lowest prices if you can hold out until later in the holiday shopping season. Supplies are usually more limited, so plan ahead in both cases.

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Should I buy a Chromebook or a laptop?

Chromebooks are a budget-friendly option that may appeal to students looking for a cheaper laptop for college. They work well with basic functions like web browsing and essay writing, but don’t have all the features of a normal laptop. The biggest difference is that Chromebooks run Google’s Chrome operating system, unlike the Windows or MacOS systems you might be used to on a laptop. This operating system is a bit more limited and many software programs are not natively compatible with it.

Ultimately, the best choice will depend on your needs and budget. If you’re a student looking for the cheapest option for some homework and browsing, a Chromebook is a good choice. If you need a device for gaming, video editing, or professional use, you might be better off spending a little more for a basic laptop. Make sure you read up on the differences between Chromebooks and laptops before you decide to buy either.

Read more: Lenovo Duet 11 is the best 2-in-1 Chromebook ever. Here’s why

When is Amazon October Prime Day 2024?

In 2024, Amazon’s Prime Day event in October, officially called Prime Big Deals Days, started on October 8. It ended on October 9 at 11:59 PM PT.

Are Prime Day deals only for Prime members?

Yes, Amazon’s Prime Deal Days sale requires a Prime subscription if you want to receive any of the exclusive Prime offers. You don’t have to pay do subscribe as long as the event is within your Prime trial period. That means you can start your one-month trial right before you make a purchase and enjoy the savings for free. For more information on this, check out our guide to getting Amazon Prime benefits without paying for a subscription.

How does CNET select October’s best Prime Day deals?

Our team of expert shoppers has spent years helping buyers understand which big sales and deals are legitimately good and which are more routine. That includes Black Friday, Prime Day, Memorial Day and countless other shopping events. We’ve gotten really good at weeding out scams and superficial deals on all kinds of tech, so you only see the best deals on laptops, tablets and other devices.

At CNET we look for real discounts, quality ratings and remaining sales time when choosing a deal to show you.

• Real discounts mean exactly that. We look at the price history of that product to ensure that no manufacturer is inflating prices to make the discount appear more substantial than it is.
• Quality ratings are important for any product, but especially for deeply discounted items. If you don’t get enough mileage out of the unit you buy, the discount wasn’t worth it.
• The remaining sales time is a large part of our control process. If a deal is likely to be short-lived or limited to remaining stock, we will let you know in advance. So you won’t be disappointed if you come back later and find the deal has been discontinued.

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