It’s easy to forget that Amazon started out as an online bookstore: something especially true for Amazon‘s Prime Day, where all kinds of technology are sold at a huge discount.
This year is no disappointment, with discounts of over 50% available on many laptops sold in the web store.
Whether you’re looking for a punchy Chromebook, a 2-in-1 tablet, or a powerful gaming laptop, the ecommerce giant has you covered.
You must be a Prime member to be eligible for the deals, so make sure to sign up first if you want to receive these prizes.
Chromebooks
Lightweight Chromebooks are inexpensive, energy-efficient devices known for their fast startup.
Designed for predominantly online use, they typically have relatively small hard drives and rely on cloud storage. They are often aimed at students and are great for people who don’t need huge amounts of processing power.
One of the cheapest currently available is the ASUS Touchscreen Chromebook C204MA: an 11.6-inch device powered by an Intel Celeron N4020 and 4 GB of RAM (Random Access Memory).
Buy it now for just £99.99, down from £179.99.
The Chromebook with the biggest percentage discount is HP’s 14-inch, aptly named 14b-na0005sa laptop. Powered by a more impressive AMD Athlon 3050 processor, it features 4GB of RAM and a 64GB solid-state hard drive.
Buy it now for £169.99, reduced from £399.99.
If you’re looking for something with higher specs, Amazon has slapped a cool £100 off the ASUS Touchscreen Chromebook Flip C433TA.
It features an Intel Core i5 processor, 8 GB of RAM and a 128 GB hard drive.
Plus, you can get your hands on it for just £399†
laptops
If you want something a little more powerful, Amazon has plenty of traditional and 2-in-1 laptops on offer today.
At half price, the GeoFlex 340 14.1-inch convertible laptop has one of the biggest discounts on sale in terms of percentage. This touchscreen computer doubles as a tablet, with a 10th Gen Intel Core i3 processor, 4GB of RAM and a built-in 128GB SSD.
Get it on sale for £189, down from a suggested retail price of £269.
If you prefer a more well-known brand, there are many more discounts on the lower end of the price scale.
The 14-inch ASUS Vivobook L410MA is currently on sale for £179.99from £299.99: a 40% discount.
This laptop has an Intel Pentium N5030 processor, 4GB RAM and a 64GB hard drive.
The ASUS VivoBook 15 X515EA is also on offer at 38% of its original price: £279.99, down from £479.99. This computer uses an Intel i3-1115G4, with 8GB RAM and a 256GB solid state drive.
There are also plenty of good mid-range options, with 47% off two devices in Huawei’s MateBook range. you can get £450 off last year’s MateBook 14with an Intel Core i5-1135G7 processor, 8GB of RAM and a 512GB solid-state drive, and is on offer for £498.99.
You can also grab the MateBook D15which also has an 11th Gen Intel Core i5 processor and 8GB of RAM, at £399.99, down from £749.99.
If you’re looking for something higher, you can get a whopping 48% discount on the Samsung Galaxy Book Flex laptop, which also doubles as a tablet. This computer has a 13.3-inch screen and is powered by 8 GB of RAM and an Intel Core i5-1035G4. The solid-state drive can hold a mega 512 GB.
It’s currently on sale for £699.00 – a huge discount from its original retail price of £1439.
Gaming laptops
Deals on high-performance gaming laptops tend to be less dramatic. But there are still a few good options this Prime Day.
At the higher end of the price spectrum are the Razer Blade 15 Advanced will be offered for £1,699.99, down from £2,499.98. This computer has an Intel Core i7 processor, an NVIDIA RTX 3070 graphics card, 16GB RAM and a 1TB solid state drive.
In the mid-range you can get a MSI Katana GF76 for £899from £1299. This laptop has a 12th-generation Intel Core i7-12700H processor, an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti graphics card, 16GB of RAM and a 512GB hard drive.
At the bottom you can get one Acer Nitro 5 AN515-56 for £649.99dropped from £849.99.
This device runs on an Intel Core i5-11400H processor and has 8GB RAM, a 512GB solid state drive and an NVIDIA RTX 3050 graphics card.
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