It's true that if you're shopping straight from the Apple Store, you're limited to its usual gift card promo. From Nov. 29 through Dec. 2 (aka Cyber Monday), Apple is giving out gift cards worth up to $200 with the purchase of select iPhones, MacBooks, AirPods, and more.

Our pick for the best laptop for most people is on sale. A 13-inch MacBook Air with an M3 chip, 16GB of RAM and 256GB of storage is down to a record low.

Black Friday is here, and if you want to pick up a laptop without going broke, snag a surprisingly powerful Chrome OS machine from HP, Samsung, or Acer at a deep discount.