Laptop Deals - Best Laptops for Sale

Toshiba Direct cuts up to $700 off a selection of Toshiba gaming notebooks, with prices starting at $849.99. (The discount is reflected on the product page.) Even better, all orders qualify for free shipping. That beats our mention from two weeks ago of up to $500 off and is the best discount we've seen on gaming laptops at Toshiba this year. Deal ends May 27.

A best bet is the 7.5-lb. Toshiba Satellite P870-BT3G22 Intel Core i7 2.4GHz 17.3" Laptop, model no. PSPLFU-02M011, for $849.99 with free shipping. That's tied with our January mention of a similarly configured Toshiba Satellite with only 6GB RAM and a low price for an Ivy Bridge Core i7-equipped Toshiba Satellite with 8GB RAM and a 2GB graphics card. It features an Intel Core i7-3630QM 2.4GHz Ivy Bridge quad-core processor, 17.3" 1600x900 LED-backlit LCD, 8GB RAM, 750GB hard drive, DVD burner, NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M 2GB video card, 802.11n wireless, webcam, media card reader, USB 3.0, HDMI, 6-cell battery, backlit keyboard, and Windows 8.

Acer via eBay offers the factory-refurbished 2.9-lb., 0.7"-thick Acer Intel Ivy Bridge Core i7 1.9GHz 13.3" Ultrabook, model no. S3-391-9415, for $599.99 with free shipping. That's the lowest total price we've seen for an Ivy Core i7 dual-core 13" laptop with a 128GB SSD. (For further comparison, a refurbished Apple MacBook Air with a 128GB SSD and slower Core i5 CPU with a 1-year warranty currently costs $999.) It features an Intel Core i7-3517U 1.9GHz Ivy Bridge dual-core processor, 13.3" 1366x768 LED-backlit LCD, 4GB RAM, 128GB SSD, 802.11n wireless, Bluetooth 4.0, webcam, 6-cell battery, and Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. A 90-day Acer warranty applies.

Note that no optical drive is included.

TigerDirect offers the 6.2-lb. Dell Inspiron 17R Intel Ivy Bridge Core i7 2GHz 17.3" Laptop in Silver, model no. i17RM-2742SLV, for $698.97 plus around $8 for shipping. That's the third-lowest total price we've seen for any Dell Inspiron 17R with a 2GB graphics card, although we saw it for $8 less four days ago. (It's also a current price low for this model by $108.) Features include an Intel Core i7-3537U 2GHz Ivy Bridge dual-core processor, 17.3" 1600x900 LED-backlit LCD, 8GB RAM, 1TB hard drive, DVD burner, AMD Radeon HD 8730M 2GB graphics card, 802.11n wireless, Bluetooth, webcam, media card reader, 6-cell battery, and Windows 8 64-bit. Deal ends today.

Dealfisher offers the ASUS Taichi Intel Ivy Bridge Core i7 1.9GHz 11.6" Dual-Screen Laptop, model no. 21-DH71, for $1,049 with free shipping. That's tied with last week's mention as the lowest total price we've seen for this laptop. (It's a current price low by $251.) It features an Intel Core i7-3517U 1.9GHz Ivy Bridge dual-core processor, two 11.6" 1920x1080 (1080p) LED-backlit LCDs (one touchscreen), 4GB RAM, 256GB SSD, 802.11n wireless, Bluetooth 4.0, dual webcams, 6-cell battery, and Windows 8 64-bit.

Best Buy offers the 3.1-lb. Acer Aspire C710-2847 Intel Celeron 1.1GHz 11.6" Chromebook, model no. NU.SH7AA.004, for $199.99 with free shipping. That's $6 below our March mention and the lowest total price we could find by $13. It features an Intel Celeron 847 1.1GHz dual-core processor, 11.6" 1366x768 LED-backlit LCD, 2GB RAM, 320GB hard drive, 802.11n wireless, webcam, 4-cell battery, and Google Chrome OS.