Best Prime Day laptop deals 2025: Live updates on MacBook, Windows, and more discounts

Amazon Prime Day starts 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 first 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 this 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. (The 13-inch MacBook Air M4–> is also on sale for $849, a $150 price drop.)
• 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. When I went hands-on with it, I praised its smart integrations.
• 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. 
• Acer Aspire Go 15–>: $250 (save $50): A laptop I would recommend for study purposes is the Acer Aspire Go. This model comes with a 15.6-inch FHD display, 8GB of RAM, and 128GB SSD storage — plenty for basic educational tasks.
• ASUS ROG Strix G16 (2025)<!–>: $1,275 (save $225): If you’re on the hunt for a gaming laptop, there’s a fair discount available on a 16-inch laptop with Nvidia GeForce RTX Graphics, 16GB of RAM, and 1TB of storage. 

Best Prime Day MacBook deals 

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• 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.
• Apple 2024 MacBook Pro–>: $3,596 (save $406): Powered by an M4 Max processor, this model is pricey, but it comes with power that will last you for years to come, as well as 1TB of storage, 48GB of RAM, and a 16.2-inch display.
• Apple MacBook Air, 13.3-inch<!–>: $599 (save $50): If you want an affordable MacBook, consider this M1-powered model with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage.
• Apple MacBook Air 13-inch–>: $699 (save $100 at Best Buy): Another model we like at Best Buy is a 13.3-inch MacBook Air with an M2 chip, 16GB of RAM, and 256GB SSD storage. 
• Apple MacBook Air 2017 (renewed)<!–>: $133 (save $36): Yes, it’s old, but you’re unlikely to find a cheaper MacBook. If you’re like ZDNET’s Charlie Osborne, one of these models does fine for home purposes, such as becoming a NAS media sharing hub.

Best Prime Day Windows laptop deals 

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• 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. 
• MSI 15.6-inch gaming laptop<!–>: $729 (save $270): You can take advantage of a $270 discount on a decent mid-range gaming laptop with an i5 processor and 16GB of RAM.

Best Prime Day Chromebook deals

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• 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 CM14 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): While also on sale at Amazon, the best price is found at Best Buy. This mid-sized Chromebook features a 15-inch display, a full-sized keyboard, and Intel Celeron N4500 to power multitasking for work, school, or everyday use.
• Samsung Galaxy Chromebook Go–>: $190 (save $110): Looking for a Chromebook suitable for work or study? Opt for the Samsung Galaxy Chromebook Go, currently available on a limited-time deal.