My favorite laptop of the year is now $200 off right now ahead of Black Friday

The Microsoft Surface Laptop 13-inch (2025) is my favorite laptop of the year, personally, and right now it's on sale for just $799.99 at Best Buy, a $200 markdown. If you're looking for a fantastic Windows alternative to the MacBook Air 13-inch, this is one of the best you're going to find if you care more about the design than landing a high-performance laptop.

• Shop Best Buy's full Black Friday sale

With Black Friday deals rolling out now, this is the first I've seen for the Surface Laptop 13-inch so far, and given its already great list price, this discount makes it even better. What you get is a highly portable 13-inch ultrabook with an 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus processor, 16GB memory, and a 512GB SSD, but the real selling point here is the stunning violet colorway option that ...