This year, Black Friday is on Nov. 24, but that has little relation to when you can start taking advantage of Black Friday sales, with many retailers already jumping the gun, including Best Buy. Now, Dell has joined the race, announcing their own early Black Friday deals, with laptops, accessories, and more marked down by up to 50%.
Before you start shopping early Black Friday deals, make sure you’re doing it right by following our recommended best practices, including visiting one of the best price-tracking websites. With that said, here are some highlights from the current offerings.
What to expect during Dell’s Black Friday sale
Dell’s early Black Friday sale started Friday, Oct. 27. It covers four major categories: laptops, desktops, gaming PCs, monitors, and electronics and accessories. You’ll find the best deals on laptops and monitors.
Best Dell budget laptop on sale for Black Friday
The Inspiron 14 is currently $299.99 (originally $499.99), a 40% discount and the cheapest it has ever been according to Honey’s price history. It comes with the 2nd Gen. Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx processor. A potential downside: It runs Windows 11 Home S mode, which requires you to install apps only from the Microsoft Store. The 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage are also the bare minimum, but that’s what you get with budget laptops. Better news: You’ll get up to 16 hours of battery life (or so Dell claims). You can read a review from PCWorld here.
Best Dell laptop deal for Black Friday
The Inspiron 16 is currently $599.99 (originally $999.99), a 40% discount and its lowest price ever according to Honey’s price history. It has a powerful AMD Ryzen 7 processor, an AMD Radeon graphic card, 16GB of RAM, and 1TB of storage—impressive specs for the price. If you’re looking for a powerful laptop on a medium budget, this is a great bet.
Best Intel laptop deal for Black Friday
For those who prefer Intel’s operating system, you can get the Latitude 3540 laptop for $839 (originally $1,678.22), currently 50% off. It comes with the latest 13th-generation Intel Core i7-1355U, 16GB of memory, and 256GB of storage. You have your choice of two Intel graphic cards. (This is the cheapest this laptop has been, according to Honey’s price history.)
Best monitor deal for Black Friday
If you’re looking for a budget gaming monitor, consider the Dell 27 Gaming Monitor, currently at $129.99 (originally $259.99) after a 50% discount. This matches the cheapest price it hit since Prime Day, according to Honey’s price history. This is a 27-inch flat-screen monitor with 1920 x 1080 full high-definition display, an AMD FreeSync Premium with Nvidia G-Sync compatibility for fluid gameplay, and a refresh rate of 165 Hz. You can read PCMag’s full review here.