My 4 hand-picked affordable laptops to buy this Black Friday weekend

Black Friday weekend is here (and Cyber Monday is next), so if you’re on the hunt for a super-fast laptop that doesn’t break the bank (i.e. costs less than $500), then I’ve got a selection of five notebooks that fit the bill.

Better still, they are all currently in stock as I’ve just checked out before publishing this article and are new rather than refurbished. All have full HD screens, run Windows 11 and at least 8GB of RAM.

I’ve handpicked those that ship directly from the retailers (so no funny third-party business) and put emphasis on sheer CPU speed rather than, say, storage or GPU capability.

So here’s my list of four and further below why I think they are worthy purchases.