Best Deals on Laptops, Desktop Computers, and Tablets Right Now

Samsung’s Galaxy Book5 Pro 360 is a premium 2-in-1 laptop that flips between tablet and clamshell modes with ease. It features a gorgeous OLED touchscreen, a thin-and-light build, and long battery life.

Microsoft’s new Surface Laptop is a sleek, ultra-portable powerhouse built for AI. It features a vibrant 13.8-inch touchscreen and the brand-new Snapdragon X Plus chip, which brings excellent battery life. This is a great price for a laptop with a cutting-edge chip.

The Lenovo Yoga 7i is sorta like the Swiss Army Knife of laptops. It has a 360-degree hinge that lets you flip the screen around to use the device as a tablet or prop it up like a tent for watching movies (great for cramped airplane trays). The model we tested has premium specs: an Intel Core i7 processor, 16GB of memory, and a 1-terabyte solid-state drive. This one’s a bit more mainstream: an Intel Core i5 processor, 16GB of memory, and a 512-gigabyte solid-state drive. But, unlike many sub-$700 laptops that cut corners with dim screens or plastic bodies, it has a premium all-metal finish and a bright, colorful display. It’s perfect for students or professionals who need a machine that looks and feels expensive but costs less than a standard MacBook.

The 14-inch HP OmniBook Ultra Flip is a smart pick, especially for digital artists who like the idea of a convertible laptop that effectively doubles as a tablet. It includes a responsive touchscreen and stylus, making it a strong option for drawing, sketching, and note-taking on the go. At only 2.9 pounds, it’s also one of the more portable picks for content creators without sacrificing creative performance.

The Acer Chromebook Plus Spin 714 has a 14-inch screen that you can fold back to use as a tablet. Its display is brighter than most, which makes it ideal for reading outside on a sunny day. That said, its battery life is longer than that of many other Chromebooks, lasting 15.75 hours in web browsing tests and 12 hours in video playback. Performance speeds are among the top in our rated Chromebooks, making this a great pick for a variety of uses.

This Chromebook scores well across the key metrics, from performance to battery life, not quite 14 hours, which is more than enough for a full day’s work. It may not have a touchscreen like the other models that rank among the best Chromebooks CR has tested, but it’s a bit less expensive as a result.

This model is a great option if you want a large-screen device on the less expensive side. It has a 16-inch display and a big, comfortable keyboard, complete with RGB lighting that makes typing in the dark easier and more colorful. The display supports a refresh rate of up to 120Hz, which can make games appear silky smooth in motion.

If you want a device that can handle all your basic tablet-y tasks—like watching an occasional movie, browsing the internet, and playing games—it’s hard to beat Apple’s basic iPad (11th gen). The 10.9-inch display is vivid and touch-responsive. It also gets bright enough to be legible in direct sunlight. In CR’s tests, the battery lasts a respectable 9.1 hours for web browsing and 14 hours for local video playback.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 performs well across our test protocol, from speed to camera quality. The 11-inch screen is bright and sharp. The battery lasts a convenient 11.1 hours when browsing the web and 15.7 hours when playing video. Overall, it’s a top-notch tablet, though with a premium price to match. 

Looking for a lightweight tablet to read on the beach or pack along on your summer travels? This previous-generation Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 has a crisp 11-inch display and a top-notch camera. And it has a long battery life.

This is a pretty good deal on one of the better-rated wireless routers that we’ve tested. The Asus ZenWiFi router uses the current WiFi standard known as WiFi 6, which improves performance relative to WiFi 5 as you add more and more devices to your WiFi network. Like many modern routers, it has a mobile app that you can use to set up and manage everything. And it has a feature known as QoS that helps ensure that, say, your Zoom calls stay rock solid even if someone else on the network is watching Netflix or playing Xbox.

This is a good deal on a wireless router that does quite well in our ratings. It’s not a mesh router, but if a single-unit router is sufficient to envelop your home in WiFi, this one should do a good job. Our testers note high speeds (technically referred to as “throughput”) across near, medium, and far distances, as well as useful features like automatic firmware updating (which helps keep you and your data safe) and the ability to manage everything from a smartphone app.

Tech editor Chris Raymond has his finger on the pulse of all things tech, and he found the mesh router he uses in his own home at a discount during a sale.

“I bought this mesh router system back when I started working at home full-time, and it still makes me smile,” he says. “It’s inexpensive (especially at this price), easy to set up (using the TP-Link mobile app), and effectively eliminates the WiFi dead spots in my modest-sized home. In fact, I even get a reliable signal on the backyard patio now.”

If you don’t need (or want) a multirouter mesh setup, this single-unit WiFi 6 model from Netgear should be near the top of your list—especially since the price has dropped significantly from when it was around $250 last month. It aced our throughput tests at all distances and was easy to set up via a smartphone app or an old-school, web-based wizard.