Best Microsoft Store Black Friday 2018 deals: Ad showcases Surface, Windows laptop deals
While we saw a couple of Microsoft Surface deals courtesy of Best Buy's Black Friday ad, Microsoft itself is offering more options to save with the Black Friday ad for its own store. On top of those, it has several specials on Windows laptops from its PC partners.
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Best Microsoft Store Black Friday 2018 deals
- Surface Go base model for $399 ($50 off)
- Last-generation Surface Pro bundle for $599 ($310 off)
- Surface Pro 6 base version bundle for $799 ($260 off)
- Surface Pro 6 with twice the storage for $999 ($330 off)
- Top-end Surface Pro 6 for $1,569 ($330 off)
- Save $300 off the new Surface Laptop 2
- HP Stream with Intel Celeron N4000 CPU for $229 ($70 off)
- Asus VivoBook Flip with Intel Pentium Silver for $279 ($120 off)
- HP 15-DA0071MS with Core i3 processor for $299 ($200 off)
- HP 15-DA0073MS for $349
- HP Pavilion 15-cc610ms for $399
- Dell Inspiron 15 with Core i5 for $499
- Lenovo Flex 2-in-1 with Core i5 for $499
- HP Pavilion x360 for $599
- Dell G3 with Core i5 for $599
Microsoft Store 2018 Black Friday ad
Microsoft has six different deals on its various Surface device, from the Surface Go to the Surface Laptop 2. The Go is the 10-inch tablet that most closely competes with the 9.7-inch iPad, and it will see $50 taken off the $399 price for its base model (Intel 4415Y processor, 4GB of RAM, 64GB storage). There's also significant savings on the last-generation Surface Pro, which comes with a seventh-generation Intel Core m3 processor, 4GB of memory, 128GB SSD, and a Platinum Signature Type Cover for $599, $310 off the regular price. (Note, however, that you can obtain this deal right now from the Microsoft Store.)
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That price reduction is no doubt related to the introduction of a refreshed Surface Pro 6, which is the Surface device discounted in Best Buy's ad. The Microsoft Store adds three more deals on the new tablet, starting with the base version with Core i5, 8GB of RAM, 128GB SSD, and Type Cover for $799 ($260 off current price) and then taking $330 off the version with twice the solid-state storage, lowering the price to $999. That same $330 amount is also being slashed from a higher-end Surface Pro 6 stacked with Core i7, 16 gigs of RAM, and 512GB of solid-state storage, which brings the price to a still formidable $1,569. Finally, Microsoft is taking $300 off the new Surface Laptop 2, though it only vaguely says the discount applies to "select" configurations.
Microsoft is also happy to sell you some other manufacturers' laptops that run its Windows 10 operating system. It has nine specials on Windows notebooks, in fact, from the likes of Dell and HP. At the low end, there's an HP Stream configuration with Intel Celeron N4000 CPU, 4GB of RAM, 64GB of storage, and a 14-inch full HD display for $229 ($70 off current price), or a budget 2-in-1 in the form of an Asus VivoBook Flip with Intel Pentium Silver N5000 processor, 4GB of RAM, 64GB SSD, and 14-inch full HD touchscreen for $279 ($120 off). A final sub-$300 laptop deal is for an HP 15-DA0071MS with a last-generation Core i3 processor, 8 gigs of RAM, terabyte hard drive, and 15.6-inch touchscreen for $299 ($200 off).
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If you want to step up to a Core i5 CPU, you'll have a half-dozen choices, including the HP 15-DA0073MS for $349 and the HP Pavilion 15-cc610ms for $399, both of which are built around 15.6-inch touchscreen displays and pack 8GB of RAM, but the cheaper model comes with a last-generation Core i5 -- albeit with a 2TB hard drive -- while the pricier one has an eighth-generation Core i5, terabyte hard drive, and a full HD screen. There are also a pair of systems for $499: a Dell Inspiron 15 with Core i5, 8GB of RAM, 1TB hard drive, and 15.6-inch full HD touchscreen; and a Lenovo Flex 2-in-1 with Core i5, 8GB of memory, 128GB SSD, and 14-inch full HD touchscreen.
Rounding things out is another 2-in-1 in the HP Pavilion x360, which offers similar specs as the Lenovo but with a slightly larger 15.6-inch display and $599 price tag. If you're looking for a gaming laptop on the cheap, Microsoft will be selling the Dell G3 with Core i5, 8GB of RAM, terabyte hard drive, 15.6-inch full HD display, and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti graphics for $599.
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We also recommend comparing these sale events to discounts offered by other retailers, some of which we've rounded up in ZDNet's Black Friday hub here.
For more great deals on devices, gadgetry, and technology for your enterprise, business, or home office, see ZDNet's Business Bargain Hunter blog. Affiliate disclosure: ZDNet earns commission from the products and services featured on this page.
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