If your trusty old laptop can no longer keep up, Black Friday is the best time to bag an upgrade for less. The annual sale returns in November 2025, but discounts on some of the best laptops I’ve tested can often be spotted well before Black Friday starts, so it’s worth keeping an eye out for early bargains. From now until the sale kicks off, I’ll be helping you find the best laptop for your money, by tracking the biggest and best deals as they drop.
It’s easy to get dazzled by long lists of specs and deep discounts during sales. My advice? Plan ahead and use Black Friday to save hundreds of pounds on a device you were thinking of buying anyway, whether it’s a laptop for studying, a commute-friendly model for a new job, or simply an up-to-date device to replace a wheezing machine that’s seen better days.
If you’re still undecided about what kind of machine you need, IndyBest’s expert guide to the best laptops is a good place to start. Here, I’ll be rounding up the very best laptop deals in the lead-up to and during the Black Friday sale, with options to suit every need and budget.
When is Black Friday 2025?
Black Friday falls on the fourth Thursday of November each year. This means, in 2025, Black Friday lands on 28 November, with deals running throughout the weekend until Cyber Monday (1 December).
However, the deals tend to spill out of that four-day window. I expect the first big discounts to start landing from the beginning of November so, if a new laptop is in your future, check back here as the sale approaches, to find the best offers the moment they appear.
What laptop deals can you expect on Black Friday?
It’s too early to say for sure which specific models will be discounted for Black Friday, but expect to see savings on a wide range of laptops at Amazon, Currys, Argos, John Lewis and Very.
I always advise shopping for older models if you want the very best deals. The biggest Black Friday discounts tend to be on devices released earlier this year, or as far back as 2024. For most shoppers, the savings are worth a lot more than the marginal difference in performance.
Last year’s Black Friday laptop deals saw discounts of up to 50 per cent applied to some of the best models I’ve tested, including the high-performance Asus Zenbook 14 (£899, Currys.co.uk).
If you just want something basic and you mostly work in a web browser window, you might consider a Chromebook. The Asus Chromebook plus CX34 (£428.97, Currys.co.uk) fell to £269 and was one of my top deals last year.
Why you can trust us to find the best laptop deals this Black Friday
As IndyBest’s tech critic, I assess laptops throughout the year to create and maintain our laptop shopping guides, so I know which Black Friday laptop deals are worth your money and which you should avoid. My review process measures everything from performance and battery life to display quality and build, and I won’t recommend a laptop just because it’s cheap – that’s an easy way to end up with a dud.
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