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Prime Day is coming earlier this year, and I've rounded up the best laptop deals live now, including the latest MacBooks and gaming laptops.
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Amazon's flagship Prime Day sale is launching earlier this year -- Tuesday, June 23, to Friday, June 26, instead of in July like last year. We've got the jump on early laptop sales from both Windows PCs and Macs, with quality machines from major brands like HP, Lenovo, Acer, Asus, and Dell, as well as sales on the latest Apple MacBooks.
Also: I found 15 Amazon deals on editor-approved tech already live for Prime Day
I only highlight laptop models I've personally gone hands-on with, and would buy for myself or suggest to someone else. All of these devices have hardware released within the last year or so, with the majority from earlier in 2026. Older machines are still good, of course, but if it's more than a year old, I'll call that out. Here are the best early Amazon Prime Day 2026 laptop deals live now.