Amazon Prime Day 2019: There are still deals on Chromebooks, gaming laptops and MacBooks – CNET

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Amazon Prime Day is now behind us. But a handful of worthwhile laptop deals are still out there. Most of this year’s best deals were on gaming laptops and Chromebooks — and there are still a few of those on sale. Monday morning’s standout discount — $200 off the 2018 MacBook Air — is still available and totally worth grabbing. Also worth a look: the killer Microsoft Surface Pro 6 deal — $802 with the Type Cover included. 

I’m also seeing some compelling deals elsewhere today. Walmart, Best Buy, eBay and Target — as well as brands such as Dell and Lenovo — brought out a bunch of laptop and PC deals over the past few days, and many of them remain available. The Lenovo S330 Chromebook was selling on Amazon for $169; at the moment, eBay has it for $129. You can also check out Walmart’s sale, which is still going strong, and peruse Best Buy’s remaining discounts on MacBooks, tablets and convertible laptops

We’ll be combing through the deal inventory for some time to come. We’ve highlighted the best deals available right now below. 

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The S330 would make a decent secondary machine or plaything for young kids. It was on sale throughout Prime Day for $169; today, eBay is going further, cutting the price to $129.

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And here’s another worthwhile Chromebook deal: The Plus V2 is a two-in-one, which means you can use it as a laptop or flip the screen 360 degrees and use it as a tablet (or put it into tent mode or set it up like a kiosk for watching movies or giving presentations). This configuration features pretty pedestrian specs — an Intel Celeron CPU, 4GB of RAM and a 64GB hard drive — but at this price, it’s still a great deal.

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Asus debuted the Flip C434 in January, replacing the company’s Chromebook C302 — a breakout hit that was for a long time the top-ranked bestseller in Amazon’s two-in-one category. The new model takes a few aesthetic departures from its predecessor, shifting away from the C302’s two-tone black and silver to a more uniform brushed aluminum design. Asus has also bumped up the screen size: Now you get a 14-inch FHD display that’s surrounded by relatively thin bezels. 

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This is a solid Lenovo laptop chock full of higher-end components. For $730, you get a 17.3-inch HD display, Intel Core i7-8550U CPU, Nvidia GeForce MX150 graphics chip, 16GB of RAM and a huge 1TB hard drive.

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The 15.6-inch Dell G5 15 is a supersolid entry-level gaming laptop. Walmart’s configuration comes equipped with an eighth-generation Intel Core i5-8300H CPU, 16GB of RAM and a 4GB Nvidia GeForceGTX 1060 Ti GPU. It also serves up a tandem storage solution with a speedy 256GB SSD and a roomy 1TB hard drive. 

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The king of the Windows tablets remains heavily discounted. For $800, you get an Intel Core i5 CPU, 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage capacity — plus the Type Cover, which normally tacks on an additional $89. This is a solid Prime Day deal that’s still in full effect.

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This is a solid discount on one of the best two-in-one laptops on the market. Recommended.

Make sure you use the discount code JULYBFCF11 at checkout.

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This is a good deal: the new MacBook Air at the old MacBook Air price. This isn’t the newest model, which just came out, but the only real difference between them is that the 2019 version has Apple’s True Tone technology. Nevertheless, this is a very, very good deal on one of the best laptops around.

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This is the 2018 version of Dell’s XPS 13, and it’s an absolute steal at this price. Note that Amazon has been slowly increasing the price of this model since the deal debuted.

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For $1,078, you get a 15.6-inch FHD display, an Intel Core i7-8750H CPU, an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 GPU, 16GB of DDR4 RAM and a 256GB SSD. It’s a good deal for some entry-level gaming hardware.

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Availability has been intermittent, but this older MacBook Pro configuration is back in stock at the moment. Note that this is the model without the Touch Bar. But that’s an inessential feature anyway, and you still get some pretty contemporary components, including a Core i5 CPU, a 128GB SSD and 8GB of RAM. 

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Ring the alarm: This deal is on fire. I reviewed the Asus Zephyrus S last year and loved its 15.6-inch HD display and backlit keyboard. And the GeForce GTX 1070 GPU is potent enough to handle just about any contemporary game. At this price, it’s an absolute no-brainer for anyone looking for a powerful machine with a supersleek profile. 

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The Alienware 17 is built like a tank and comes equipped with well-designed lighting scheme and controls. This configuration, which includes a newer eighth-gen Intel Core i7-8750H processor, 8GB of DDR4 SDRAM and a 1TB hard drive, is powered by Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 1060 GPU.


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