Among MacBook Pros, the best deal I've spotted so far is a $250 discount on a 14-inch M4 model with 24GB of RAM and 1TB of storage. It randomly fell to $1,715.05 three times in May, according to the price-tracking site CamelCamelCamel, but otherwise its Prime Day price of $1,749 is its best deal since launch.

To score a great deal on a great computer, just look back a couple of years. This 2023 MacBook Pro was a stellar device back then and it’s a solid computer today. It has an M3 chip and 18GB of memory, so it will crunch data almost as well as many brand-new computers.

Amazon Prime Day has begun, and PCMag experts agree it's the best time of year to get a new laptop at a low price. We've got high-performing machines from all the top brands at discounts of 20% or mor