Good morning and happy Thanksgiving—it’s a great day for food, family, and football (not necessarily in that order), and it means that Black Friday deals are already arriving. We’ve been tracking discounts on our favorite products all month, and we’re excited to see many of the products we love have gone on sale.
Featured Black Friday Deal Dell 14 Plus $ 1100 $ 650 As a premium laptop, the Dell 14 Plus is only average. When on sale, though, it becomes one of the best budget laptops ever sold.
Like the circulars that used to make the daily newspaper as thick as a phone book this time of year, the internet is slathered in red pixels and slashed-through dollar signs. Often, those roundups cover products the writer has never personally touched and feature prices that are not actual discounts. WIRED’s list of the absolute best Black Friday deals is different. Here you will only find products that a member of our Reviews team has tested and recommends. Also, we track prices, and any deal featured is actually cheaper compared to what you’d pay in April or October.
Best of the Best Black Friday Deals:
How does WIRED find the best deals? AccordionItemContainerButton LargeChevron We spend our entire working lives testing products and, in part, tracking how much they cost. That way, we can spot a good deal from one that's just a markdown of an artificially inflated price (a practice far too common, sadly). We also use price-checking tools like Camelcamelcamel, but since we only cover items we've actually tested, it's not that hard for us to keep track of prices and know what's a good deal and what's not. What is the best time to shop? AccordionItemContainerButton LargeChevron In a word: now. The best Black Friday deals are happening right now, and we've rounded up our favorites in this guide. In the olden days, Black Friday was just one day long. Shoppers would camp outside of stores, paper circulars in hand, eagerly awaiting the chance to bust down some doors and save a ton of cash. Fast-forward to the internet, and now Black Friday lasts more or less the entire month of November.
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Computers
Best PC Laptop Deal: Dell 14 Plus for $500 ($100 off)
It finally happened. A $500 Windows laptop that isn’t just decent or mediocre. It’s actually good. The resolution is 2560 by 1600, with decent color accuracy and brightness. The battery life isn’t just adequate—it’s downright impressive. And the touchpad, which is an area where many budget laptops compromise, actually feels smooth and responsive. This is something no other Windows laptop can pull off. The only catch is that it’s a Doorbuster-style sale, meaning once they sell out at this price, this discount will disappear. —Luke Larsen
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