When the best time to buy a laptop? Talking about the best deal, discount or offer? What month? Black Friday?

Not looking to buy an expensive wan, just within 2-2.5k range for work purposes.

Thank you.

there's no best time, if you need it now then buy

when you need it the most

no such thing as the best. New model coming out almost every month

No need for latest models. I bought a few laptops for collection and restoration especially those with 4:3 aspect ratio screen.

Buy before you desperately need it.

For example, buying from online official store like Lenovo /Dell will took almost 1 months.

Buy before you need it so you can have ample time to shop around (more towards based on what you want) rather than being stuck (based on what remnants are left). Popular models might involve 4-8 weeks lead time.

This post has been edited by ceo684: Feb 12 2021, 07:28 PM

You just missed one of the best.

“FRONTLINER” and “THINKSALE”, gave you great value as much as manufacturers’ profit margin, LOL



This post has been edited by msacras: Feb 12 2021, 09:43 PM

if continue wait then waiting game won't end
just buy whenever you want, buy earlier enjoy earlier

11.11/Halloween always giving out offer. hahahaha

This post has been edited by vexus: Feb 15 2021, 07:13 PM

You buy when you need it. Otherwise, continue to wait and wait and wait...

There's always something better in the waiting game.

If you are buying for work, up your budget to 3-3.5k and you can get very good spec laptop like 16 GB RAM, 1 TB SSD, 100% sRGB, Wifi 6, etc.

This post has been edited by chkwong: Feb 15 2021, 08:47 PM

For 2k anytime will do. For expensive gaming laptop always wait until the middle lifespan so you get best price performance ratio.

I think more precise will be after the launch of new gen mobile GPU.

Generational gains from GPU is normally quite a huge leap (like 60-series can supersede 70/80 series of last gen).

But again, low end GPU don’t get much treatment. Throughout the years, low end GTX1650 is still a far cry from the industry average (1060).

So if you want to get high end setup, waiting will be beneficial if there’s a new gen GPU. For low or mid range setup, unlikely to have much spectacular change in performance from one gen to another, no big harm even if you’re getting older devices (so long as it’s cheap).

I think most sellers will have promo price every month to drive sales, 11.11 sales, 12.12 sales, xmas sales, new year sales.

If u are looking for a deal now, think i saw Acer chinese new year promotion still ongoing, their swift 3/3x laptops is within ur budget. Got free gifts too.

Yeah you're right uskimaski! I just got my Acer Swift thru the Acer CNY promotion and gets gifts and cashback too!

hi, can recommend model having such specs?

Most of the laptop prices has went up across the board significantly since then, due to high demand (crypto mining, etc.).

What do you intend it to use it for? Desktop replacement? Or mobile? Or light gaming? Or coding? Or content creation work?

This post has been edited by chkwong: Apr 18 2021, 05:17 PM

mainly coding and watch movie only.

Couldn't agree more, glad I saw the promotion and made the purchase

great steal. do you have a long waiting time for it?