Five best laptop deals for the holidays
We're a week away from Christmas Eve, and if you're still on the lookout for a notebook, this week's聽聽can help. Included in our roundup are two budget Intel machines starting at just $142. We've also found an excellent all-purpose HP ENVY 15t at $800 and a well-equipped Lenovo gaming laptop for $949.
Store:听颁辞蝉迟肠辞
Price:聽$799.99聽with聽free shipping
Lowest By:听$300
Expires:聽December 21
Is It Worth It?:聽The 5.7-lb. HP ENVY 15t is an excellent all-purpose notebook with a quad-core CPU at its foundation. It packs an Intel Core i7-4710HQ 2.5GHz Haswell quad-core processor, 15.6" 1080p LED-backlit LCD, 16GB of RAM, and a 1TB hard drive. This Editors' Choice laptop is currently $300 off list price and the best deal we've seen for any Core i7-based Envy 15t laptop with this much RAM.
Store:聽Office Depot
Price:听$329.99听惫颈补听聽with聽free shipping
Lowest By:听$260
Expires:聽December 20
Is It Worth It?:聽Though it uses an older Ivy Bridge processor, the $330 Satellite L55 is still a bargain for modest laptop users as it's $20 under our September mention and a current low by $260. The 4.9-lb. laptop features an Ivy Bridge i3-4025U 1.9GHz dual-core processor, 15.6" 1366x768 LCD, 6GB RAM, and a 750GB hard drive.
Store:听尝别苍辞惫辞
Price:聽$949聽via coupon code "QSDEAL845" with聽free shipping
Lowest By:听$450
Expires:聽December 19
Is It Worth It?:聽"Lenovo's Y series notebooks have been a long overlooked jewel in the gaming laptop landscape," says聽. And although they recommend opting for the 4K version of this laptop, the 1080p model can still elicit a thrill or two from the right crowd thanks to its slimmed-down design and solid battery life. This 5.3-lb. gaming laptop features a Haswell Core i7-4710HQ 2.5GHz quad-core processor, 15.6" 1080p LCD, 8GB RAM, 1TB hard drive with an 8GB SSD, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M 2GB graphics, and 802.11ac wireless.
Store:聽Microsoft Store
Price:聽$141.55聽via text coupon "MSSTORE" with聽free shipping
Lowest By:听$58
Is It Worth It?:聽This Acer Aspire E11 is among the most affordable laptops we've listed on DealNews, undercutting even the cheapest Black Friday Chromebooks by $9. To get this price, you'll have to text the word "MSSTORE" to 29502, after which you'll receive a unique 5% off coupon code. You can then use that coupon to slash this laptop's price from $149 to $141.55. In terms of features, this budget machine packs a Celeron N2840 2.16GHz dual-core processor, 11.6" 1366x768 LCD, 2GB RAM, and 32GB flash memory.
Store:聽Dell Home
Price:聽$479.99聽via coupon code "5TK?LC9VJ5F$33" with聽free shipping
Lowest By:听$19
Expires:聽January 31
Is It Worth It?:聽The Inspiron 5748 packs a beefy 17.3" screen and Core i3 processor inside a 1.2"-thick chassis. It may not pack the elegance of an XPS laptop, but this 7.3-lb. desktop replacement still hits the right notes with its smooth, aluminum casing. It features a Core i3-4030U 1.9GHz dual-core processor, 17.3" 1600x900 LCD, 4GB RAM, and a 500GB hard drive.
Louis Ramirez is a senior features writer for where first appeared.聽
