These Top-Rated Laptops Are All on Sale on Amazon—Snag Them Before Classes Start!

By Kayleigh Drake | Edited by Tracy Yochum

Published Aug 11, 2026 7:58 am ET

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In a matter of days, classes will be starting at colleges across the country. And if you need a solid, reliable laptop that’ll get you through long days of note taking, virtual lectures and writing papers, we found a handful of highly rated options that are all currently on sale on Amazon.

Whether you’re looking for a lightweight Chromebook or a MacBook Pro with all the bells and whistles, you can snag it at a steal below!

Snag These Laptops for Up to 61% Off

Apple MacBook Pro: It’s not every day that MacBooks go on sale, and right now you can save $300 on one that boasts an Apple M5 Pro chip with 15-core CPU and 16-core GPU, plus 24GB of unified memory and a whopping 2TB of storage — $2,699 (originally $2,999)
HP New Everyday Slim Laptop: With 5 out of 5 stars, this laptop has the highest rating on our list, as well as the highest discount! It’s equipped with an Intel N150 Processor, 4GB of RAM, a 128GB SSD and 1TB of cloud storage — $300 (originally $770)
HP Stream 14″ HD Laptop with AI Copilot: This laptop has an Intel Processor N150 with 4GB of RAM, 1.12TB of storage and a full year of Office 365, and it comes in a range of pretty pastel colors — $300 (originally $499)
Microsoft Surface Pro: This premium performance laptop boasts a two-in-one design that functions as both a tablet and a laptop. It has a Snapdragon X2 Plus Processor, a touchscreen display, 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage — $1,300 (originally $1,600)
HP 17.3” Touchscreen Laptop: Equipped with Microsoft 365, this laptop has an HD+ LED anti-glare display for an immersive experience, as well as 16GB of RAM, 512GB SSD, 128GB UFS and an Intel Quad-Core CPU — $629 (originally $699)
HP 2026 Ultrabook Laptop: This lightweight laptop has 8GB of RAM with a 256GB SSD, and it’s outfitted with Microsoft Office 365, Copilot AI and an Intel-4 core processor — $400 (originally $679)
Lenovo Chromebook: Thin and lightweight, this 14-inch laptop has Google Gemini with an Intel N150 CPU, integrated Intel graphics, a WUXGA IPS touchscreen display, 4GB of RAM and 128GB of UFS storage — $390 (originally $450)
HP OmniBook 3 17.3-Inch Laptop: This laptop has FHD Display with 178-degree wide-viewing angles, as well as an AMD Ryzen 3 30 processor, 8GB of RAM, 512 GB of storage and AMD Radeon 610M Graphics — $499 (originally $611)

Kayleigh Drake

Author McClatchy Commerce

Kayleigh Drake is a Commerce Content Editor at McClatchy. She’s based in Birmingham, Alabama, and holds a bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Kayleigh has written and edited content for numerous publications, with a particular focus on the food, kitchen, home and lifestyle verticals. When she’s not fulfilling her editorial duties, she loves record shopping, playing guitar, baking and buying entirely too many plants.

Tracy Yochum

Editor McClatchy Commerce

Based in Charlotte, NC, Tracy Yochum joined the McClatchy Commerce content team as a Commerce Writer and Editor in early 2023. She began her journalism career in the 1980s at the Asbury Park Press in New Jersey, where she was an award-winning reporter and editor. She joined The Charlotte Observer in 1997 as a copy editor and served in several newsroom and publishing center roles before joining the Commerce Team.

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