Amazon’s decision to offer substantial discounts on these high-end devices has sent shockwaves through the tech community and make the latest Apple technology more accessible than ever before. The e-commerce giant has slashed prices on the 2023 MacBook Pro lineup featuring the powerful M3 chip a few hours ago.

In the lead-up to Prime Big Deal Days, Amazon's " October Prime Day " sale on Oct. 8 and 9, the retail giant isn't offering a ton of great deals on 2-in-1 machines — but that's no surprise. During such sitewide sales, Amazon usually saves its best laptop deals for the exact windows of the event, forcing eager shoppers to be patient.

ASUS TUF F15: was $749 now $649 @ Walmart A mid-range gaming option with an RTX 3050, this ASUS model has a 15.6-inch 1080p 144Hz display and a futuristic design with easy-to-identify WASD keys. It also has 512GB of SSD space and 8GB of RAM.

Not all gaming laptop deals are built the same - and you can easily cheapen your way out of a playable system by shopping in the budget category and not paying attention to your spec sheet. While this most frequently happens with older RTX 3050 systems these days, it's more often the RAM that you need to watch out for.

AM EDT This post has been updated with more info on Best Buy's fall deals schedule, as well as the best deals from some of our favorite categories the week before Amazon's October Prime Day. Best Buy is having several fall sales to compete with Prime Big Deal Days — check out our favorite deals on TVs,

PCs are some of our favorite things (it's in our name after all), which is why we're so excited to track down these early Prime Big Deal Days discounts and save you $$$ on a new configuration!

With that in mind, anyone hunting for a good deal on a Chromebook has two options at present. One, of course, is to simply wait for Prime Big Deal Days to start; Amazon could be r