Walmart's first Black Friday Deals event includes three older laptops from HP, Lenovo, and MSI under $500. Early access to the sale began today (Nov. 8) at 12 p.m. for paid Walmart+ members and will open to all shoppers at 3 p.m. ET.
A quick look at the best early Black Friday laptop deals at Walmart: Our top pick MSI GF63 Thin (Intel i5-11400H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD) $479 (save $220) Get Deal Best budget pick Lenovo IdeaPad 1 (AMD Ryzen 3 7320U, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD) $249 (save $90) Get Deal Runner-up HP Laptop 15-dy2795wm (Intel Core i5-1135G7, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD) $329 (save $70) Get DealWalmart generally isn't the best place to score laptop deals. (That title goes to Best Buy.) But when the holidays roll around, shoppers in search of cheap PCs should keep their eyes on the big box store: It's offered $79 Chromebooks during Black Fridays past.
While we're not seeing Walmart's laptop prices dip that low quite yet, it just rolled out some solid sub-$500 deals on older models online as part of its first Black Friday Deals event on Wednesday, Nov. 8 — including a $479 MSI gaming laptop with NVIDIA GeForce 3050 graphics. The sale started at 12 p.m. ET in early access for paid (non-trial) Walmart+ members and opens to the public at 3 p.m. ET; if you're worried about anything selling out, you can score a one-year subscription for half off through the end of the day.
SEE ALSO: Black Friday sales are already live. Here are the best early deals we've found so far.Keep reading for a rundown of each deal, and check back often: We'll be updating this story with additional laptop deals we find at Walmart as they keep trickling out ahead of actual Black Friday on Nov. 24.
Our top pick
Opens in a new window Credit: MSI MSI GF63 Thin $479 at Walmart (save $220) Get DealWhy we like it
Sleek and slim, the MSI GF63 Thin is a portable gaming laptop with a 15-inch 144Hz display. This configuration comes with an 11th-generation Intel Core i5 H-Series processor, a high-performance CPU from a few years ago, as well as last year's NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 graphics card. It's not cutting-edge by any means, but it should still be plenty capable of running newer games. (Several Walmart.com reviewers say it can easily handle Baldur's Gate 3 and Diablo IV, which is super impressive and honestly kind of surprising. Expect it to get a little hot under the hood.) It also packs 16GB of memory and 512GB of SSD storage, which are specs we rarely see in laptops under the $600 mark.
Best budget pick
Opens in a new window Credit: Lenovo Lenovo IdeaPad 1 $249 at Walmart (save $90) Get DealWhy we like it
Lenovo's IdeaPad 1 is a 15.6-inch laptop that's billed as a lightweight and modern-looking entry-level pick; it's best suited for basic tasks like web browsing and schoolwork. Its 14-hour battery life is the only thing on its spec sheet that's relatively notable, though it does punch above its early Black Friday price point with last year's AMD Ryzen 3 7320U processor, 8GB of memory, and 256GB of SSD storage — most budget laptops we find for less than $300 have puny Intel Celeron N Series CPUs, 4GB of RAM, and slower eMMC storage that maxes out at 128GB.
Runner-up
Opens in a new window Credit: HP HP Laptop 15-dy2795wm $329 at Walmart (save $70) Get DealWhy we like it
Another 15.6-inch laptop designed for everyday productivity tasks, this older model from HP's entry-level "Essential" series features an 11th-gen Intel Core i5 processor, 8GB of RAM, 256GB of SSD storage, a nine-hour battery life, and a fingerprint reader for extra security. For comparison's sake, a newer version with a 13th-gen Intel CPU retails for $819.99 on the HP website.
