Amazon Prime Day has landed today, July 8, and runs through Friday, July 11 — making it a four-day sale event for the first time ever, compared to the usual two days. In the early hours of the sale, we’re seeing some noteworthy deals on laptops, including aggressive price cuts on the latest MacBooks, Chromebooks, and Windows PCs from Lenovo, Dell, HP, and more.
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We’ve gone hands-on with dozens of the best laptops of this year, and only highlight sales on laptops we’ve tested and can personally vouch for. That means significant discounts, solid value relative to price, good portability, and respectable performance.
Read on to explore some of the best laptop deals Amazon (and competing retailers) have to offer. As the event continues, we will be updating our live blog with the best deals, flash sales, and online discounts we can find.
Best Prime Day laptop deals
- Apple MacBook Air M4 (15-inch): $1,049 (save $150): The 15-inch MacBook Air M4 is one of the friendliest, all-around performing laptops we’ve tested all year. Even better is the fact that Apple is offering competitive pricing, even on its newest laptops.
- Samsung Galaxy Book4 Pro (15-inch): $700 (save $201): Samsung’s Book4 Pro has a gorgeous touchscreen display, top-tier hardware, and a massive trackpad for a distinctly comfortable user experience. I praised its smart integrations when I went hands-on with it.
- Acer Swift Go 14: $799 (save $208): Acer’s Swift Go 14 brings a budget-friendly package to respectable hardware: Intel Core Ultra 7, 16GB of RAM, and 512GB of storage. This makes it a solid backup laptop for business travel, but I’d also highly recommend it to students.
- LG Gram Pro 2-in-1 (16-inch): $1,696 (save $403): We’re big fans of LG’s Gram Pro line of laptops for their record-breaking lightweight form factors. Right now, this 16-inch convertible laptop/tablet hybrid with 16GB of RAM is seeing a notable price drop; a very competitive price for anyone looking for a thin and light laptop.
Best Prime Day MacBook deals
- Apple MacBook Air M4 (16GB): $849 (save $150): The MacBook Air M4 is the latest version of Apple’s lightweight productivity laptop and our favorite laptop for work — especially at this price.
- Apple MacBook Pro M3 (18GB): $1,819 (save $225): Apple’s M3 MacBook Pro from 2023 is seeing some steep discounts now that the M4 has been released. The 18GB version is a competitive machine that’s ready to support the new MacOS 26 coming to all Mac devices this fall.
- Apple MacBook Pro (M4 Pro): $2,249 (save $250): Apple’s aggressive discounts continue, with the newest MacBook Pro in 2025 $250 off. The Space Black configuration with 24GB of unified memory features a 20-Core GPU and 16-Core neural engine, ready to tackle demanding tasks such as 4K video editing, animation, and yes, even gaming.
Best Prime Day Windows laptop deals
- Microsoft Surface Laptop (13-inch): $820 (save $180): We appreciated Microsoft’s Surface Laptop with the Snapdragon X Plus when it dropped last year. Besides the fantastic battery life, it’s slim and portable, runs cool, and is versatile enough to handle a variety of use cases.
- Microsoft Surface Pro (13-inch): $870 (save $330): The 13-inch Surface Pro with the Snapdragon X Plus processor is a supremely portable, high-performing tablet/laptop hybrid with a brilliant OLED display.
- HP OmniBook 5 (16-inch): $689 (save $120): HP’s lightweight and battery-efficient OmniBooks are well-rounded and reliable devices, and this version with a Ryzen AI 7 350 processor is no exception, especially at this discount.
- HP 14 Laptop (14-inch): $178 (save $50): This laptop’s thin and light design makes it ultra-portable, and it’s sizable and nearly bezel-less screen makes it perfect for entertainment.
Best Prime Day Chromebook deals
- HP Chromebook Plus x360: $329 (save $270): If you’re looking for a Chromebook with a 2-in-1 form factor, this one from HP comes with all the feature perks of a Chromebook Plus in a convertible. It’s armed with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of local storage, too, so performance will feel snappy and responsive in the lightweight operating system.
- Asus Chromebook CM14: $161 (save $118): It doesn’t get more affordable than Asus’ 14-inch CM 14 Chromebook. It comes with 64GB of local storage and 4GB of RAM to handle daily tasks like checking email and browsing the web.
- Lenovo IdeaPad 3i Chromebook: $206 (save $84): This mid-sized Chromebook features a 15-inch display, full-sized keyboard, and Intel Celeron N4500 to power multitasking for work, school, or everyday use.
- Current price: $1,049
- Original price: $1,199
The 2025 MacBook Air M4 refines the user experience of the thin and lightweight laptop that pioneered the trend. It now supports two external monitors with the lid open, has more starting memory for cheaper, and does video conferencing better than almost anything else. With all the updates coming to MacOS 26 (Liquid Glass interface, the Phone app on MacBook, and a totally revamped Spotlight feature), the MacBook Air M4 is THE productivity laptop for modern professionals.
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- Current price: $700
- Original price: $899
The 15-inch Galaxy Book4 Pro rounds out Samsung’s lineup of thin and light laptops with brilliant displays and premium physical forms. We got great performance out of this laptop during our testing, with the Snapdragon X Plus processor and 16GB of RAM delivering responsive performance in a variety of tasks from productivity to content creation.
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- Current price: $800
- Original price: $1,000
Acer’s Swift Go 14 was among the first round of laptops to come loaded with Intel’s Meteor Lake AI processors last year, and it does so for an attractive price point. The Intel Core Ultra 7 or 9 processor offers snappy performance and fantastic battery life, letting it hang with other machines like the Asus Zenbook A14, and the Lenovo ThinkPad E14, which are significantly more expensive.
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- Current price: $1,696
- Original price: $2,099
If you’re over carrying around a bulky, heavy laptop to and from the office, we got you. LG’s Gram Pro lineup features some of the lightest, thinnest laptops on the market. We reviewed LG’s 16-inch 2-in-1 Gram Pro last year, and praised it for its fast and responsive performance, brilliant OLED display, and surprisingly good battery.
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When is Amazon Prime Day 2025?
This year, Prime Day starts on Tuesday, July 8, and goes through Friday, July 11.
Are laptops really cheaper on Prime Day?
Manufacturers know consumers are on the lookout for deals during Prime Day, so yes, quite a few of the laptop sales have significantly steeper discounts than during regular sales throughout the year.
How did we choose these Prime Day deals?
Our team of reviewers at ZDNET only write about deals we personally can vouch for and would personally recommend. We scour the deals for sale prices that are at least 20% off, or are hardly ever on sale, using established price comparison tools and trackers to determine how frequently it drops.
We also looked over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the deals we’re recommending. Our recommendations may also be based on our own testing — in addition to extensive research and comparison shopping. The goal is to deliver the most accurate advice to help you shop smarter.
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