Black Friday is still more than two weeks away, but the laptop deals have already started. Best Buy opened its early Black Friday sale on November 6, Costco has laptops on sale now, and Walmart’s early event begins on November 12. Black Friday itself falls on Friday, November 27, with Cyber Monday on November 30.
That gives you time to shop carefully — and this year, careful shopping matters more than usual. Memory chips have become so expensive that laptop prices have gone up, so a big percentage off may only bring a laptop back to what it cost a year ago. Here are the best Black Friday laptop deals live right now, and the prices to beat before you buy.
The best early Black Friday laptop deals right now
These are deals checked on November 9, 2026. Prices can change from day to day, so check the listing before you buy.
Best Buy
Best Buy’s early Black Friday deals started on November 6, with new offers every Friday. Its main Black Friday sale starts on November 19, with ten days of doorbusters and deals, and most purchases made from October 30 to December 31 can be returned through January 15, 2027.
Two laptops on sale at Best Buy right now are worth a look. The HP 14-inch Chromebook Plus is $449, which is $150 below its $599 comparison price, and it suits school work and web browsing. The HP OmniBook 3, a 16-inch Windows laptop with 16 GB of memory, is $729.99 against a $1,199.99 comparison value.
The best Mac laptop deal is the 13-inch MacBook Air with the M5 chip, 16 GB of memory and 512 GB of storage. The 15-inch model with the same memory and storage is $1,349 at Best Buy.
One deal shows why you should check prices more than once: a Dell XPS 13 showed $999.99 early on November 9 and was back at $1,499.99 when it was checked again later the same day.
Costco
Costco’s laptop sales run in overlapping windows, and several of the best prices are live already. The Dell 16, with 16 GB of RAM and a 1 TB SSD, is $799.99 through November 30, and the HP OmniBook 3, with 16 GB of RAM and a 1 TB SSD, is $699.99 through the same date. The Acer Aspire 16, with 16 GB of RAM and 512 GB of storage, is $599.99 online until November 15.
Costco’s Black Friday laptop deals start on November 16, with up to $600 off. The biggest savings are on gaming laptops: the Lenovo Legion 5 with an RTX 5070 is $1,999.99, and the ASUS ROG Strix G18 with an RTX 5060 is $1,999.99, both from November 16 to 30. An Acer Aspire Go 15.6 will be $499.99 in the same window.
Costco’s online price on Windows laptops includes a two-year warranty, free technical support and a 90-day return window, plus McAfee Total Protection and up to three months of Microsoft 365 Personal. Costco’s warehouses are closed on Thanksgiving Day, November 26, so that day’s two deals are online only.
Other early deals
TechRepublic’s roundup of early Black Friday tech deals picks the Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3i as its best laptop deal: $629.99, down from $1,299.99, for a 15.3-inch laptop with an Intel Core 7 350 processor, 16 GB of RAM, a 512 GB SSD and a 120 Hz touchscreen, running Windows 11 Home.
For business buyers, the same roundup highlights the Lenovo ThinkPad T14 Gen 5 at $1,479.99, down from $2,259.99, with an AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U processor, 32 GB of RAM and a 512 GB SSD, running Windows 11 Pro.
Target ran its early Black Friday deals from November 5 to 7, with a Deal of the Day from November 1 and new offers every weekend. Amazon has not announced its 2026 Black Friday dates yet, though its Black Friday Week ran in late November last year.
The prices to beat
Before you buy, judge a deal against this autumn’s lowest prices, not last year’s. Memory prices have pushed laptop prices up across the board — Apple raised the MacBook Air by $200 in June, and the big Windows makers have raised prices too.
The cheapest new MacBook Air last Black Friday was the 13-inch M4 with 16 GB of memory and 256 GB of storage at $749. This year, the cheapest MacBook Air in October was the M5 model with 16 GB and 512 GB at $1,099, on Amazon’s Prime Day. That is the price to beat: anything under $1,099 for that configuration is a genuine deal.
Apple’s cheapest new Mac is the MacBook Neo, with an A18 Pro chip, 8 GB of memory and 512 GB of storage, which was $689 in October against a $699 list price. On the Windows side, the Surface Laptop 8 with a Snapdragon X2 Plus chip, 16 GB of memory and 512 GB of storage was listed at $1,099 against a $1,599 list price in late September.
For a quick check, look for 16 GB of memory and a real SSD — 512 GB or more — in any laptop you buy this Black Friday. Laptops with 8 GB of memory or a slow eMMC drive will feel old fast, however cheap they look.
When the sales start
Here are the dates that matter for laptop buyers:
Best Buy: early Black Friday deals from November 6, with new deals every Friday. The main Black Friday sale runs for ten days from November 19.
Walmart: early Black Friday deals from November 12 to 15, Black Friday deals from November 23 to 29, and Cyber Monday from November 30 to December 2. Online events open at 12:01 a.m. ET, and Walmart+ members get the first 24 hours of online-only deals.
Costco: Black Friday laptop deals from November 16 to 30, with up to $600 off, and Cyber Monday PC deals on November 30.
Target: early Black Friday deals ran November 5 to 7, with new offers every weekend through the season.
Amazon: no 2026 dates announced yet.
How to shop Black Friday laptop deals without overpaying
First, decide what you need before you look at prices. A student or office worker needs 16 GB of memory and 512 GB of storage, and a MacBook Air or a mid-range Windows laptop will do. A gamer needs a dedicated graphics card, and the gaming deals above are the ones to watch.
Second, check the price history. A laptop listed at 40 percent off may have been raised to its full price only a few weeks ago. Compare the deal price with the October low for the same model, not with the list price on the page.
Third, check the return window. Best Buy lets you return most purchases made from October 30 through December 31 until January 15, 2027, which means you can buy an early deal now and still return it if a better price appears on Black Friday itself.
Finally, watch the doorbusters. The cheapest laptops in a Black Friday ad are often older models with 8 GB of memory and small storage, built to look cheap rather than to last. A $500 laptop that slows down in a year is not a bargain.
For a fuller picture of the early offers, see TechRepublic’s roundup of the best early Black Friday tech deals, and this list of Black Friday laptop deals worth buying now, with prices checked on November 9.
Frequently asked questions
When is Black Friday 2026?
Friday, November 27, 2026, the day after Thanksgiving. Cyber Monday is Monday, November 30.
Are Black Friday laptop deals already live?
Yes. Best Buy’s early Black Friday deals started on November 6, Costco has laptops on sale now, and Walmart’s early event starts on November 12.
What is a good price for a MacBook Air on Black Friday?
Anything under $1,099 for the 13-inch M5 model with 16 GB of memory and 512 GB of storage beats the October low from Amazon’s Prime Day.
How much memory should a Black Friday laptop have?
At least 16 GB of RAM and a 512 GB SSD. Laptops with 8 GB of memory or slow eMMC storage will feel old quickly, however cheap they look.
Can I return a laptop bought in an early Black Friday sale?
At Best Buy, most purchases made from October 30 to December 31 can be returned through January 15, 2027. Costco gives a 90-day return window on laptops.
