2022-07-13T11:41:43.693Z
(Image: Future) Welcome to day 2 of this wonderful live blog. The PC team at TechRadar admirably helped thousands of people buy a new laptop yesterday, and I’m spearheading efforts to do the same on day two of Prime Day. Yes, I agree. Why is it still called Prime Day when it’s now more like 72 hours? 2022-07-13T11:43:50.521Z Get a Microsoft Surface Pro X for just £669
(Image credit: Microsoft) We covered this on our main Prime Day deals live blog, but it’s so weird I thought it should go in here too. It’s also the only deal that’s gone live on a laptop today, so I thought it was probably worth sharing – even if you do find that the Surface Pro X does come with a Qualcomm chipset. Note that this doesn’t come with the signature keyboard, so you’ll have to buy it separately (and it’s £104 in the Prime Day sale) – but this laptop/tablet is designed to pack a smartphone-like battery and we noticed that manages about 9 hours in tests. 2022-07-13T13:29:23.487Z
(Image: Samsung) As I noted in my review, this Windows 11 laptop delivers top-notch performance in an ultra-slim package thanks to its 12th Gen ‘Alder Lake’ Intel i7 CPU and 16GB of RAM. The screen is also a huge plus. a tiny bezel and bright AMOLED panel make colors amazingly vivid. If you have a Samsung Galaxy phone (or any other Galaxy product), you can take advantage of the ‘Galaxy Ecosystem’ features to seamlessly sync your devices. 2022-07-13T13:52:36.218Z Save over £100 on an M1 MacBook Air at Very.co.uk
(Image credit: Apple) One for our UK readers, now – this isn’t a Prime Day deal, but Very.co.uk has a decent discount on the M1 2020 model of the MacBook Air at the moment, if you’re in the market for a good-value Apple laptop. The M1 chip is a true powerhouse, making MacOS run like butter and blast through demanding workloads. There are a few models available, so exact discounts vary, but you can save up to £104 here – and if you take advantage of Very’s buy-now-pay-later scheme, you can get an extra 10% cashback once you’ve paid, increasing your savings. 2022-07-13T14:05:03.992Z
(Image credit: MSI) MSI makes a lot of great laptops with some solid deals at the moment, but we wanted to highlight this Prestige 14, which is on sale for UK Prime Day today. It’s an ideal multipurpose laptop for students or professionals thanks to its RTX graphics card and 512GB of storage. This is the laptop to buy if you want to do it all: office work, content creation, project planning, web browsing, gaming, the whole lot. As an added bonus, Windows 11 and Microsoft Office 365 come with MSI Prestige 14, so you can hit work or play right out of the box. 2022-07-13T14:25:36.293Z
(Image credit: Asus) The Asus VivoBook S14 lives up to its name, with a 1080p display that delivers impressively vivid color reproduction and deep, rich blacks. Both the ‘Dreamy White’ and ‘Indie Black’ models are available for $560 this Prime Day, officially the cheapest price ever. A thin and light laptop with long battery life and solid overall performance thanks to an Intel Core i5 processor, the VivoBook S14 is an easy proposition. This is actually a Windows 10 laptop if you’re not ready to jump to Microsoft’s newest operating system just yet, but you can get a free Windows 11 upgrade whenever you want. 2022-07-13T14:40:08.896Z
(Image credit: Acer) Make no mistake—at $2,550 (down from $3,000) this is still a very expensive gaming laptop, even with a few hundred dollars dropped in price. But you get what you pay for, and the Acer Predator Triton 500 Special Edition is a slimmer version of Acer’s already powerful Triton 500 that doesn’t sacrifice a drop of power. So we have the latest 14-core Intel Core i9 processor, an extremely powerful RTX 3080 Ti graphics card and 32GB of RAM that delivers top-notch gaming performance on the 1600p screen. This is an extreme laptop for gamers and content creators who want to spare no expense for the best hardware money can buy. 2022-07-13T15:19:02.689Z
(Image credit: Asus) Sure, it’s a far cry from powerful creator laptops, but if all you need is a compact laptop to answer emails and make video calls, the VivoBook Go 12 can handle it. Considering it’s the price of a budget Chromebook right now, this is the perfect choice for someone who wants a bargain laptop but doesn’t want to learn how to use a new operating system. Windows users rejoice!
