The best Black Friday laptop deals are hard to beat

ASUS Zenbook Pro 16X OLED: $2.799.99 £2,099.99 at Amazon
Save $700: My favourite laptop ever, and it's not even close. This has slightly lower specs than its UK counterpart (3060 instead 4060 graphics, plus older processor), but it's got the same great ergonomics, 4K touchscreen and even an ASUS Dial built into the laptop. This is the lowest price I've seen it go for yet.

Asus Vivobook Pro 15 OLED: was $1,699.99 now $1,199.99 at Best Buy
Save $500: This is a great price for a laptop with serious internals, including a Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 graphics card, Intel Core Ultra 7 and 16GB of RAM and a 2TB SSD providing masses of storage space for large image or video files. It looks good too thanks to the OLED display tech that Asus is renowned for.

Dell XPS 16 (32GB RAM, Nvidia RTX 4060, 4K touchscreen): $3,049.99 $2,299 at Best Buy
Save $550: The Dell XPS 16 is our pick as the best MacBook Pro alternative thanks to its sleek design, responsive keyboard, excellent trackpad and powerful internals. This configuration boasts Nvidia graphics and 32GB of RAM, enough to handle even heavy video editing and 3D work. It also has a gorgeous 4K OLED touch display. Pure luxury.

MacBook Air 13 (M2, 2022): $999 $749.99 at Amazon
Save $249.01: This is a good price for a MacBook, but it's not the best we've seen on this model, which was briefly reduced to $699 earlier in the month. Note that this is the original base model with only 8GB of memory. Apple announced this month that from now it will put a a minimum of 16GB in all MacBooks. Amazon also has $200 off this year's M3 MacBook Air 15.

Asus Zenbook Duo OLED: was $1,499 now $1,279 at Amazon
Save $220: We nominated the innovative Zenbook Duo as a contender for laptop of the year when we reviewed it back in March. The novel second display can be used in multiple configurations and orientations, making it a potential game changer for creatives who find themselves struggling to work across multiple panels on a single cramped laptop display. The internals are solid too: this configuration packs an Intel Core Ultra 7 chip with 16GB memory and 1TB SSD.

Price check: $1,299 at Best Buy

Acer Predator Helios 16: $1,319.99 $1,235 at Amazon
Save $84.99: Acer has made a great gaming laptop and rather good one for creatives too here, and the GeForce RTX 4060 card is plenty for future-proofing both your high-speed work and play. I loved using it, and I think you might too. This is close to the base-spec Helios 16, but it's very probably all you'll need.

Price check: $1,937.99 at Target

MSI Stealth 16 AI Studio: $2,599.99 $2,252.03 at Amazon
Save $347.96: MSI makes some of the most powerful laptops around for gaming and content creation, and this is a prime example. We gave it 4.5 stars, and praised the slim build for its size as well as the powerful internals. This configuration packs an Intel Core Ultra 8 and Geforce RTX 4070 GPU with a massive 64GB of RAM.

Price check: $2,424.99 at Best Buy

MSI Prestige 16 Evo: $1,649.99 $1,500,34 at Amazon
Save $149.65: If you don't need a discrete graphics card, this classy MSI gives you a whopping 32GB of RAM and a good screen for photo-editing and artworking (and watching movies after work). That's considerably more oomph than a MacBook Air for not so much more money.

Price check: $1,399 at Best Buy

MacBook Pro (M2 Pro, 2023): $2,499.99 $1,649.95 at Amazon
Save $849,95: I've been tracking Black Friday laptop deals for many years, and this is the biggest discount I've ever seen on a MacBook. And despite the fact that Apple's just released M4 models, this M2 Pro device was only released last year. It will still have enough power for most content producers and video editors, with 16GB memory and a 1TB SSD.

Price check: $2,499 at B&H Photo

Microsoft Surface Pro 11 + keyboard: $1,349.99 $1,199.99 at Best Buy
Save $150: We were impressed by this year's new Surface Pro, which we think is more practical than ever as two-in-one tablet and laptop thanks to the fact that the keyboard can now be detached. This configuration packs 16GB of RAM and a 512GB SSD, which is the minimum I'd consider for creative work.

Price check: $1,340 at Amazon

Microsoft Surface Laptop: $1,399.99 $1,099.99 at Amazon
Save $300: For a more traditional laptop, this year's Surface is sleek and performance, outclassing the M3 MacBook Air for NPU tasks.

Price check: $1,399 at Best Buy

Asus Zenbook S15 OLED: was $899 now $649 at Best Buy
Save $250: If you're looking for a great budget Black Friday laptop deal, this is a winner – 27% off a new Asus Zenbook with an OLED display and Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus. It's an incredible price when you consider that has 16GB and a 512GB SSD. Integrated graphics mean that it's not cut out for demanding video work, but it will easily handle photo editing and static design work.

MSI Stealth 16 AI Studio: £4,099 £2,599 at Very.co.uk
Save £1,500: It's still expensive even with this massive discount, but this beast of a laptop from MSI contains a Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090, the most powerful consumer graphics card that money can buy. If you're a serious creative who wants to do equally serious gaming, this is the monster you've been looking for. We reviewed it, and we loved it. And now, we can afford it... almost.

MSI Raider 18 HX: £4,199 £2,799 at Amazon UK
Save £1,400: For a larger display, Amazon has a massive discount on MSI's whopping 18-inch Raider 18HX. Internals are comparable to the laptop above, although the Raider line is marketed more specifically for gaming, as is apparent in the RGB lighting on the keyboard. Again, this is the lowest price we've seen on this MSI laptop. The catch? You'll have to wait a while for delivery.

ASUS Zenbook 16 Pro OLED: £3,999.99 £2,999.99 at ASUS
Save £1,000: My favourite laptop ever is even better specced for the UK than the US. It's swimmingly expensive, yes, but it's also everything a creative professional could ever wish for. Oodles of RAM and graphical prowess, great ergonomics and even an ASUS Dial built into the laptop. This is the biggest discount yet on this monster. There's also a slightly lower-specced one going for £1,999 on Amazon...

Price check: £2,999.99 at Amazon

MSI Crosshair 16 HX: £1,599.95 £1,049.99 at Overclockers UK
Save £549.96: If you're not in the market for such mind-meltingly powerful specs, Overclockers UK has a great deal on a more pedestrian MSI laptop, and it's hardly a poor setup with Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060. The display is only QHD+ in this case, but with a speedy 240HZ refresh rate.

Asus Zenbook 14 OLED: £1,099 £955.07 at Amazon
Save £143.93: This is a great deal on a laptop that we gave 4.5 stars when we reviewed it earlier in the year. The price above is for a 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD configuration with an Intel i5 Chip, but there are discounts on more powerful configurations too.

Asus Zenbook S 13 Flip: £1,399 £1,099 at Amazon
Save £300: For an even more portable laptop from Asus, Amazon also has a good price for this 13-incher with 16GB RAM, a 1TB SSD and Intel Core Ultra 7 chip. This is another laptop that did very well in our own testing, performing strongly despite its incredibly small and light build.

Dell XPS 15: £1,499 £1,249 at Amazon UK
Save £150: Only integrated graphics on this configuration, but the XPS 15 remains one of Dell's best laptops. This should make a good machine for general productivity and office work.