The Best Black Friday Deals on Laptops and Home Office Gear

Best Buy

The Acer Spin 713 is one of our favorite Chromebooks. It has one of the nicest screens you’ll find in a Chromebook at this price, and the Intel i5 chip offers plenty of power for Chrome OS. The battery life is good as well. Just be sure that Chrome OS is up to all the things you want to do with your laptop. See our laptop buying guide for more advice on what’s best for your use case.

Amazon, Walmart

This fun little Chromebook won’t win any awards for speed or power, but we still like it, and it’s reasonably priced. It has a small screen, but it’s high-resolution for its size, and the 4 gigabytes of RAM is enough for web browsing and casual use. This price isn’t unique to Black Friday; it’s been on sale for a while now, but it’s still a good deal.

Walmart

This mid-range HP laptop features an Intel Core i5 chip, 8 gigabytes of RAM, and a 256-gigabyte SSD. That’s enough power for most people, but if you’re planning to edit photos and video, you’ll want to look elsewhere. Also note that while this ships with Windows 10, it can be upgraded to Windows 11 for free.

Best Buy, Samsung

Samsung’s Galaxy Chromebook 2 (8/10, WIRED Recommends) is one of the nicest Chromebooks on the market. It’s got a solid, lightweight aluminum body with a build quality that surpasses many pricier laptops I’ve tested. The bright, color-rich screen isn’t quite as nice as the original 4K model, but it’s still far better than most Chromebooks. The original Galaxy Chromebook is also on sale for $599 ($100 off). It has impressive specs, but the battery life isn’t very good.

Amazon, Best Buy ($749)

This deal started back in October, but it’s still a pretty good one. Once upon a time, this was the nicest Chromebook on the market. These days that prize would probably go to the Galaxy Chromebook above, but this is still a solid machine, especially the Core i5 model on sale here.

Monitor Deals

Nothing will boost your work-from-home game like a huge screen. The monitors below are the best deals on our favorites.

Amazon, Best Buy

With a speedy refresh rate (144 Hz) and support for both Nvidia G-Sync and AMD FreeSync, this curved monitor delivers smooth graphics. This is the lowest price we’ve seen on this monitor, and it’s particularly a good option for gamers.

Amazon, Samsung

The G3 is a slight step down from the G7 above, with the resolution going from Wide QHD to Full HD, but it still has the same refresh rate and AMD FreeSync support, and it’s less than half the price.

Best Buy

This is a pretty solid deal for a Full HD monitor of this size. There’s AMD FreeSync support, plus HDR, something we don’t typically see at this price point.

Networking and Router Deals

No matter how fast your internet is … it could be faster. Upgrading your router is one of the best ways to upgrade your home internet experience. Below are our favorite deals, but be sure to read through our guide on speeding up your home internet, and our Best Mesh Router Systems guide for more suggestions.

Amazon

We have not tested Netgear’s Nighthawk XR1000 gaming router, but it purportedly offers impressive speeds, apps for iOS and Android, and support for Wi-Fi 6.

Target, Best Buy, Walmart

Google’s Nest mesh system is easy to use and provides good coverage. It lacks support for the new Wi-Fi 6 standard, but at this price, it’s still a good buy. If you don’t have a large space to cover, a single unit (just the router) is $139 at Amazon ($30 off).

Netgear, Best Buy (2-Pack for $330)

The Netgear Orbi AX4200 is our favorite mesh system for large homes. It’s not the easiest to set up, but fortunately, you only need to do that once. When you’re done, you have a system that easily covers large spaces and delivers very good speeds, with satellite nodes very nearly as fast as the main router.

Furniture Deals

We’ve tested all of the following chairs and desks, which you can read more about in our Home Office Gear guide.

Fully

This is our favorite motorized standing desk. It has the ability to store four height presets and features an eco-friendly bamboo top. There are also numerous ways to customize it to your liking.

Secretlab

Secretlab’s metal Magnus desk is expensive and heavy, but your inner neat freak will love the way it makes managing cables a breeze. Reviews editor Julian Chokkattu says the Magnus will solve your cable clutter and deliver peace of mind. Read more about it here.

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