Black Friday is the absolute best time for finding good deals on laptops. (I would know: I've tracked them for Mashable since 2019.) And with retailers taking full advantage of the holiday's abnormally late timing this year, running sales that span most of November, steep discounts are expected to be plentiful all month long.

Need to set the scene with a good tidying up? There's a Shark Navigator upright vac for less than half price ($97, down from $199). Then pull on your toasty new memory foam slippers (now a ridonculous $11) while you get a soul-restoring, rib-sticking feast started with this Hamilton Beach slow cooker for just $43 (was $53).

Saving money is our whole job here in the PCMag Deals Department, and one of the best ways to do that in the portable computing world is by looking beyond Apple and Windows laptops to the Chromebook market.