Even though we’re still a few weeks away from Black Friday 2023, many tech retailers and manufacturers have already started discounting some of their best pieces of hardware. Among them is Lenovo, a company that’s built up a reputation as one of the best laptop brands in the world. It’s currently hosting a doorbuster “Black Friday sneak peak” sale, and as a result, several of its best Windows laptops are discounted by up to 77%.
While they’re active, these deals give you the opportunity to pick up these ThinkPad devices for hundreds — or even thousands — of dollars less than what you’d have to pay normally. And with laptops like the ThinkPad X1 Carbon and the ThinkPad P1 Mobile Workstation included in this sale, it’s definitely something you should check out.
If you’re in need of a long-lasting business laptop, consider picking up the 10th generation ThinkPad X1 Carbon, which is on sale for $1,260 (down from $3,609). Its 12th Gen Intel Core i7-1270P offers great performance, and since it’s a vPro chip, it also comes with all the extra security features you’ll need for company work. You also get 32GB of DDR5 RAM, a 512GB SSD, and an attractive 14-inch 1920×1200 60Hz display with 100% sRGB color and 400 nits of brightness.
If you’d prefer something more affordable, some good alternatives also on sale are the third generations of the 14-inch ThinkPad T14 (was $3,049, now $914) and ThinkPad L14 (was $2,688, now $599). The former offers a taller 16:10 1920×1200 display, a full 1TB of SSD storage, and bit more performance thanks to its Intel Core i5-1250P vPro CPU. The latter’s AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5675U and 512GB SSD aren’t quite as good, and its traditional 16:9 1920×1080 FHD panel is a hair less sharp, but it’s the best option if you want to spend as little as possible.
Then there’s the sixth generation ThinkPad P1 (was $4,389, now $1,979) and the second generation ThinkPad P16s (was $3,629, now $1,629), both of which are 16-inch mobile workstations intended for engineering or intensive creative work. The P1’s 13th Gen Intel Core i7-13700H processor, beefy NVIDIA RTX 2000 Ada Generation GPU, and 32GB of DDR5 memory make it the better choice for the heaviest workloads (you can game decently well on it, too), while the P16s’ Core i7-1360P, RTX A500 Laptop GPU, and beautiful 400-nit 4K OLED display with HDR 500 and 100% DCI-P3 are perfect for creative tasks like video editing.
For the full list of everything that this doorbuster sale has discounted, make sure to check out its homepage on Lenovo’s website. Something worth keeping in mind is that while there’s a solid chance these deals will get better or still be around come Black Friday proper, it’s also possible that they’ll be swapped out for new ones or that stock will run out before then. Therefore, if you’re interested in picking one of these up, it may be best to pull the trigger now…though we wouldn’t blame you for waiting to see if you can get a better price in a few weeks.
