Early Black Friday laptop and PC deals appear across retailers

Retailers and manufacturers have begun rolling out early Black Friday laptop and PC discounts across online stores this week, offering price cuts on machines ranging from entry-level Chromebooks to high-end gaming rigs and MacBooks. The sales come well ahead of Black Friday on Nov. 28 and Cyber Monday on Dec. 1, with some vendors promising price guarantees through the end of the month.

Lenovo has launched an early Black Friday event that includes discounts on ThinkPad work laptops, IdeaPad consumer models and Legion gaming systems. Selected Lenovo products are marked with a Black Friday badge and are being sold at their lowest listed price, with a stated price guarantee through Nov. 29. Notable reductions include an IdeaPad Slim 3x powered by a Snapdragon chipset at roughly $549, ThinkPad configurations priced from about $689, and Legion gaming laptops such as a Legion 5 and Legion Pro 5i reduced to roughly $1,149 and $1,679 respectively. Lenovo’s sale also covers desktops, tablets and monitors, with higher-end Legion Tower desktop configurations and a range of portable and curved gaming displays on offer.

Dell and Alienware are among other vendors advertising early deals. An...