Thinking about heading to Best Buy some time soon? If your answer is “No” then you should seriously reconsider, or at least check out the deals online. The Best Buy 3-Day sale is here, goes through Sunday, and its been making us take a huge interest in Best Buy’s laptop deals. As it so turns out, right now is just a great time to get one. And, as hard as it has been to do so, we’ve narrowed the 3-Day Sale’s laptops down to just five — split across a wide variety of prices and primary functions — that we think you should strongly consider.
HP 14-inch Chromebook — $159, was $299
Lenovo Ideapad 3i — $350, was $630
The Lenovo Ideapad 3i is a 15.6-inch FHD laptop that sports 8 GB of RAM, an 11th Gen Intel Core i5 processor, and Intel Iris Xe Graphics, with an internal SSD holding 512GB of data. This should be enough for indie gaming, but likely won’t be powerful enough to support your AAA habit. In any event, the included four months of free Xbox Game Pass will give you a good chance to test how you like gaming on the Lenovo Ideapad 3i. This laptop is only 0.78-inch thick when closed, meaning it can go just about anywhere. And at just over three-and-a-half pounds, you’ll likely feel quite comfortable holding it open-faced with a single hand. One often forgotten feature for laptops at this price range that the Lenovo Ideapad 3i manages to include is a media reader, capable of reading SD, SDHC, SDXC, and MMC cards.
HP Victus 15 Gaming Laptop — $550, was $800
Apple MacBook Air M2 — $999, was $1,299
If there’s anything that you learn when covering deals as a whole, it is that Apple deals are hard to find, especially on brand new products. Typically, Apple is very confident in their ability to sell things at the standard price, so when you do find a deal it is a real gift. Such is the way with the Apple MacBook Air M2. Our Apple MacBook Air M2 review appropriately casts the laptop as a uniquely balanced machine, giving both great power and a slim body. The Apple MacBook Air M2 has a 15-inch 2880 x 1860p screen, 8GB of RAM, and 256GB of SSD storage. To little surprise, it is powered by Apple’s M2 chip, from which it derives its name.
ASUS Rog Zephyrus M16 — $1,600, was $1,950
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