For the past four days I've been covering Prime Day laptop deals, and while there have been some brilliant offers at Amazon and rival retailers, I've also noticed a worrying trend. Namely: there are too many third-party sellers pushing laptop deals that seem too good to be true – and which on closer inspection turn out to be bad deals.

Amazon’s biggest tech sale of the year is live. From laptops to smartwatches, here are the top offers and strategies to get the best value during Prime Day 2025.

The display measures in at 15.6 inches and is a touchscreen so you can choose to operate your laptop like you would a tablet with support for pinch, tap, and swipe controls. The screen has a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels. It’s flicker-free with an anti-glare panel so its comfortable to look at for extended periods.

The laptop is no slouch when it comes to memory either. It includes 16GB of DIMM memory and a 512GB hard drive. Making it even more convenient, you get a multitude of external por