This is the best deal on a laptop I've seen all year. It's one of the few Black Friday deals that actually lives up to the hype, the kind that I hope for at every major sale event.

From Windows laptops to Chromebooks to MacBooks, our experts have tested and identified the top low-cost machines that make short work of everyday computing. The best part? Many ring up for less than $600.

In a sea of mediocre choices, there's one laptop that's under $300 we'd actually recommend. It won't reinvent the wheel, but it's a solid workhorse.

Why We Picked It: At just $849.99, this Lenovo laptop is one of the least expensive models to tout a GeForce RTX 5060. It also features an Intel Core i7-13650HX Raptor Lake processor (14C/20T, up to 4.9GHz, 24MB L3 cache), 16GB of RAM, and a 512GB SSD. Yes, Lenovo skimped on storage on this configuration, but at least it's not 256GB.

Overview: Budget gaming laptops costing less than $800 now deliver 1080p gaming with amazing efficiency.Even low-end GPUs and high-refresh-rate monitors have be

With a price tag of $229, this HP 15.6-inch touch laptop offers AMD Ryzen 3, 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD, Windows 11 and modern connectivity at 37% lower than the typical price on offer during this Black Friday. This lowest price offer on a laptop brings the world of Windows computing even closer, and everyone can own one.

Good, affordable gaming laptops are a dying breed and require enough sacrifices in specs, you'd be better off with Steam Deck.