Back to school shopping in 2020 looks a lot different. With the Fall semester still in the air and growing uncertainty about how education will look in the coming months, many are preparing to learn from home. Whether you're starting college or you're shopping for younger students, you may be after cheap laptop deals to see you through the first few months of this school year.
It's a great time to be shopping, however. There are plenty of cheap laptops for students on offer right now, from everyday Chromebooks to more expensive, but far more powerful, computers designed for heavier use. You'll find the 14-inch HP model available for $80 less at Best Buy, now $319 (opens in new tab), or an Acer Aspire with 12GB RAM and a 128GB SSD for just $399 at Amazon (opens in new tab).
There are savings all the way up the scale, finishing up at this excellent Dell XPS 13 offer bringing luxury computing down to just $699, a $150 discount (opens in new tab). All of that means you can grab some particularly cheap laptop deals right now. If you're still struggling with that back to school shopping list we're rounding up the best prices on a cheap setup further down the page as well. Or, you can check out the latest back to school sales of 2020. Keep your eyes peeled for more laptop sales in this year's Black Friday deals as well.
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Back to school shopping can be a little overwhelming at the best of times, and now that 2020 is so up in the air things are even more difficult. We still don't know if schools will resume for the Fall semester, so we've rounded up the best tech deals you can pick up now to save cash later on, regardless of whether you find yourself in a classroom soon or not.
We're bringing you all the best laptop deals right here on TechRadar, but you'll also find plenty of gaming laptop sales as well as the latest MacBook deals and prices.