Early Memorial Day laptop sales are live – here are the 12 best deals I'd buy

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The Memorial Day sales may be best known for offers on appliances and mattresses, but it's also a great time of the year to pick up a new laptop. And, with several retailers kicking off sales early ahead of Memorial Day, I've picked out 12 of the best laptop deals worth shopping now. Check out all of my top picks below.

Options range from cheap Chromebooks to powerful devices from Microsoft and Apple – and everything in between. I've hand-picked these offers below using my years of experience hunting down the best laptop deals each week here at TechRadar and the hands-on testing experience from our expert computing team.

Early Memorial Day laptop sales - quick links

Amazon: save on MacBooks & Surface
Best Buy: up to $400 off laptops
Dell: deals on Inspiron, XPS & Alienware
HP: up to 55% off
Lenovo: save up to 59%
Walmart: cheap Windows laptops from $219

The best 12 laptop deals ahead of Memorial Day

Display - 13.3 inches
Processor - Snapdragon 7c Gen 2
RAM - 8GB
Storage - 256GB

We're big fans of the Lenovo Chromebook Duet at TechRadar, so I definitely want to share this significant $140 reduction on the flexible 13.3-inch laptop. In our very positive <a href="https://stealprices.shop/reviews/lenovo-ideapad-duet-5-chromebook">Lenovo Chromebook Duet 5 review, we thought it offered an excellent balance between tablet portability and Chromebook flexibility. This version boasts a crisp full HD touchscreen display, 8GB of RAM for good performance and a decent 128GB of storage. Plus, the day-long battery life, slim form factor and handy keyboard cover case are a huge boost for those who are always on the go, making it one of the <a href="https://stealprices.shop/best/best-chromebooks-for-students">best Chromebooks for students.

Display - 15.6 inches
Processor - AMD Ryzen 5
RAM - 16GB
Storage - 256GB

This HP laptop stands out from all of the current offers at Best Buy as it's a solid mid-range device at a reasonable price. That's mainly thanks to the AMD Ryzen 5 processor and 16GB of RAM, which are a good pairing for most everyday work tasks and general use. I'm a little disappointed with the miserly 256GB of storage, but I guess it's enough for essential files and applications. Overall, this is still a good middle-of-the-road laptop.

Display - 14 inches
Processor - Intel i3
RAM - 8GB
Storage - 128GB

Want a laptop but also think you'd appreciate the flexibility of a tablet? Why not both? This Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5i Chromebook offers a lot of versatility and decent overall performance for light use and everyday tasks. Plus, you can flip it to tablet mode at any time to make web browsing or watching videos even more comfortable. The less demanding ChromeOS ensures cheaper entry-level components, such as the Intel i3 processor and 8GB of RAM, go further. It also means that battery life is considerably improved compared to Windows machines, with up to 10 hours available on a single charge.

Display - 16 inches
Processor - Intel i5
RAM - 8GB
Storage - 512GB

If display size is important to you, then you can pick up this HP Pavilion 16t in the manufacturer's latest sale, which sports a 16-inch screen and a relatively modern Intel i5 processor. You also get a baseline 8GB of RAM and a standard 512GB SSD for storage, making it a strong device that will handle anything you throw at it, though you do sacrifice portability with the larger chassis. That's likely worth it, though, if you need the extra screen real estate and high-performance components for more advanced workloads and creative tasks.

Display - 14 inches
Processor - Intel Core 7
RAM - 16GB
Storage - 1TB

Dell's latest set of laptop deals features this good value all-around option. With an Intel Core 7 processor, 16GB of RAM, and a large 1TB SSD, it's a good buy if you have a larger budget and need a modern Windows device to handle your day-to-day computing jobs and more demanding work comfortably. Expect solid performance, good multitasking capabilities, and speedy load times. Altogether, though, this is an impressive laptop for the price.

Display - 13 inches
Processor - Apple M1
RAM - 8GB
Storage - 256GB

It blows my mind that Walmart still has stock of the MacBook Air M1 after dropping it to a new lowest-ever price of $599 over Black Friday. Newer models are available, up to the latest M4, but you won't find anything with better value for money than this if you're shopping for a powerful all-around laptop, so grab it before it's gone for good – even though it's now $50 more expensive. Our <a href="https://stealprices.shop/reviews/apple-macbook-air-m12020">MacBook Air M1 review awarded the device 4.5 stars out of five, praising Apple's premium device for its speed, responsiveness, beautiful design and long-lasting battery life.

Display: 13 inches
Processor: Snapdragon X Plus
RAM: 16GB
Storage: 256GB

This is one of the best discounts I've seen on the newest Microsoft Surface Pro – and it's a tempting buy after we were super-impressed in our <a href="https://stealprices.shop/computing/microsoft-surface-pro-11">Surface Pro 11 review. This version boasts a gorgeous 13-inch PixelSense Flow OLED display at 2880 x 1920 resolution, so it looks sharp and crisp with some vibrant colors and deep blacks. Meanwhile, the Snapdragon X Plus processor ensures excellent battery life and combines well with its many AI features to simplify your life. There’s also 16GB of memory and 256GB of SSD storage, which ensures speedy performance and enough storage space for your essential files and applications.

Display - 13.6 inches
Processor - Apple M4
RAM - 16GB
Storage - 256GB

The MacBook Air 13-inch (M4) is the brand-new version of Apple's popular laptop and it's now down to a record-low price at Amazon. You get a great-looking 13.6-inch Liquid Retina display, while the boost to 16GB of RAM keeps all your programs running smoothly. It's just a shame Apple still insists on only 256GB of storage as standard, which feels a little miserly in 2025. Nevertheless, this is still one of the best laptops you can buy if you need a performance powerhouse for productivity and creative tasks – especially after this $150 discount.

Display - 13.4 inches
Processor - Snapdragon X Elite
RAM - 16GB
Storage - 512GB

The XPS 13 is small, lightweight, and exceptionally powerful thanks to the inclusion of a high-end Snapdragon Elite processor. It's everything you could ever want in a workhorse laptop and, unsurprisingly, is one of our <a href="https://stealprices.shop/news/mobile-computing/laptops/best-laptops-1304361">best laptops. Alongside excellent performance, we also love the vibrant display, slick design and healthy 512GB of storage that delivers an outstanding user experience. Get it now for $999.99, which is an excellent price for a laptop with this spec.

Display - 14 inches
Processor - Apple M3
RAM - 16GB
Storage - 1TB

This may be the older version of the MacBook Pro now a newer M4 version is available, but this M3-powered model is still an excellent high-performance device with an elegant design and a long-lasting battery. You also get a couple of other better components at a lower price, including a welcome bump to 16GB of RAM and a much larger 1TB SSD. It's a great value-for-money option if you want to squeeze out as much as you can from your budget, but still get a complete creative workstation that we awarded 4.5 stars out of five in our <a href="https://stealprices.shop/computing/macbooks/apple-macbook-pro-14-inch-m3-max-2023-review">MacBook Pro 14-inch (M3) review.

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James Pickard is a Deals Editor at TechRadar. After many years of scouring the net for the cheapest games and tech for his personal use, he decided to make it his job to share all the best bargains and coupon codes with you. James also has almost a decade of experience covering some of the biggest sales events of the year at Eurogamer and VG247, including Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Amazon Prime Day. When not deals hunting or stacking coupon codes to get the biggest savings, James can be found on the PS5, watching a classic film noir or cheering on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

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