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If you're not sure where to start, don't worry, I've got you covered with a curated list of the best early deals that are already appearing as Prime Day approaches.
Why should you care about what I've got to say? Fair question. I oversee all laptop and Chromebook review coverage at PCWorld. I also maintain our best laptop deals roundup daily, along with our best laptops of 2025 roundup weekly. That means I'm hunting for the best laptop discounts online every single day, so I'm pretty well-attuned to the landscape, while my hands-on knowledge helps me unearth the true gems.
Best early Prime Day 2025 deals on budget laptops
HP 14 Laptop, Intel Celeron N4020 processor/14-inch 1366×768 display/4GB RAM/64GB storage, $178.50 ($51.49 off at Amazon)
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We've cut through the clutter to bring you the top picks across every category-from sleek, no-fuss Chromebooks to powerhouse gaming machines.
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The data shows a noticeable jump in Windows 11 users between May 2025 and June 2025, with market share getting a significant boost of 4.76 percentage points—and nearly all of it taken away from Windows 10.
Microsoft's recent hard push to promote Windows 11's benefits and scare Windows 10 users with the looming end-of-support deadline seems to be working. If the pace keeps up, Windows 11 should officially sit atop the throne by the end of July and the market share numbers will likely continue to grow from there.
The Statcounter data also shows that 2.2 percent of Windows users are still on Windows 7, while 0.6 percent are still on Windows 8 or 8.1. An astonishing 0.43 percent are somehow still managing to get by on Windows XP, which lost support over a decade ago.
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