As a brief aside, the Apple Store's usual Black Friday gift card offer will be live starting Nov. 29; M2 and M3 MacBooks will come with free vouchers worth up to $200. That doesn't beat any of the dollars-off discounts available elsewhere, but it could be a practical option for those enmeshed in the Apple ecosystem.

Anyone on the market for a new Laptop will no doubt be checking out the Black Friday deals to see what's on offer, and Amazon has delivered 25% off the

This 2024 Microsoft Surface Pro laptop is currently on sale for Black Friday on Amazon, priced at $879 after a significant 27% discount from its original list price of $1,199. On top of that, another model—the Microsoft Surface Pro laptop with 256GB of storage—is available $845, which is a 15% savings from its list price of $999.