The best cheap laptop deals

SynopsisFind the best cheap laptop deals all in one place.

There are so many choices when it comes to laptops that choosing the right one for you can be overwhelming, and it's important to remember a cheaper price doesn't mean losing out on great quality! Knowing what you're going to be primarily using the laptop for is a great way to gauge what specs you need, and high specs like SSD storage and higher RAM are usually where the price starts to go up but you'll only really need the high-end options if you're doing more intense work, 

If you're looking for a laptop for more concentrated needs, we have dedicated guides to things like the best laptop for drawing and the best laptop for students. Once you have your shiny new machine, why not check out the best laptop bags to make sure you can safely carry your laptop around.

The best cheap laptop deals

You will be able to take on your everyday computing needs with ease with this laptop, and boasting the best battery life of all these laptops, you won't have to stop to recharge for a second.

Its fingerprint scanner is a nice security addition, and for the average price of a Chromebook, you get Windows 10, and access to all your favourite apps and programs – from Microsoft Office to Photoshop Elements. Perfect for school, college and university students, its metal body is durable, weights a slight 1.3kg, and has an array of ports for all uses. It's no wonder this takes the top spot as one of the best cheap laptop deals.

As with most of these laptop choices, there are a few models to chose from within HP's Pavilion x360 range – starting from the asking price of $349.99 / £349.99 all the way to just under a grand. But we think the entry level iterations are a cracking choice as a everyday-use laptop and great value for money.

For the HP Pavilion x360 14, you'll get Windows 10 Home 64, 4GB of RAM and 128GB storage, and an 11.6-inch HD touch display. You'll also get a beautifully design hybrid laptop that's fun to just hold, and flip backwards or forwards to use as laptop of tablet. The HP Pavilion x360 is more robust than sleek, so if you like a laptop that doesn't feel like it's going to fall apart, at 0.8-inches thick and weighing in at 1.6 kg, this is the laptop for you.  

The Acer Aspire 3 A315-51-31RD, is a special laptop. Not only will it serve you well for all your everyday computing needs, but with its 1TB (1,000GB) storage, it'll hold all the documents and media files you're likely to use on it. It even comes with a 2TB hard drive, but with that comes a higher asking price. 

It comes with a large keyboard and a compact number pad, and a medium-sized touchpad. It's all-plastic body is smooth and all-black, with thin bezels. It's also got an 180 degree hinge offering welcome flexibility, for the more robust user. And with HDMI, ethernet, and two USB ports, it's a great, affordable allrounder laptop. 

The Microsoft Surface Go 2 is a beautifully portable 10.5-inch laptop that does what it does brilliantly. This is a laptop for browsing, not high-end 3D modelling, but with the higher end iteration going up to 8GB RAM and 128GB storage, it will handle several tabs, media players and websites running at the same time easily.

The lower end Surface Go 2 comes in at just under $400/£400, but does not come with the Surface Go Type Cover (which, for $129.99, we would say is essential to get). You'll get 4GB RAM, 64GB storage, and around eight hours of constant use from a fully charged battery. Running Windows 10 Home, and weighing in at around 544 grams, all of this makes this a reliable, ultra-portable laptop for everyday needs.

Representing the more mid-range level of laptops in the list, the Acer Aspire 5 is a great laptop if you want a future-proof laptop, whose components won't go out of date soon, under the $400/£400 mark.

This is a durable budget laptop that will see you through all the doc-opening, web-browsing and email-answering you want. And with its sizeable screen, and a weight of 2.20kg (4.85 pounds), the Acer Aspire 5 is quite a large laptop, but certainly not too heavy to carry around for everyday needs.

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This is the most expensive laptop that you'll find in our cheapest laptops on sale list, but if you've got a little bit more to spend, and you want that money to reflect increased specs and flawless design, this is the MacBook Air is a great choice. It's also the cheapest option you'll get if you head over to the Apple store. 

That makes it well worth mentioning here, considering the brilliance of Apple's pre-loaded programs, which have helped to make Apple products the go-to devices for creatives all over the world for the last couple of decades. This iteration has an upgraded processor and more RAM than previous versions, as well.

The diminutive sibling to Google's higher-end Pixelbook, the Pixelbook Go starts around under the $700/£700 mark, which is definitely at the higher end of budget laptops. However, for sheer class and ease of use, due the stellar components that you get, this is a great bargain, and one of the best entry level Chromebooks out there. 

Of course, being a Chromebook, this will work on Google Chrome OS operating system, running cloud-based applications and storing a lot of data online, so a solid internet connection for its user is essential. Its design is slim and light, its frame made from magnesium alloy with a matte finish, and it weighs in at 2.3 pounds and is 0.5-inches thin. On top on that, it offers a back-lit keyboard, and a 1080p front-facing camera,  two elements that you won't find on most of the laptops here.

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