Best $200 laptop 2021

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Best laptop deals: Save $250 on an HP Pavilion Aero 13

Heading into 2022, here are the best laptop sales we see at the moment.

Best $200 laptop 2021
Best $200 laptop 2021
Joshua Goldman, Matt Elliott
Jan. 5, 2022 10:40 a.m. PT
  • Best $200 laptop 2021
    Asus VivoBook 15: $727
    $727 at Amazon Save $43
  • Best $200 laptop 2021
    HP Pavilion Aero 13: $750
    $199 at HP Save $250
  • Best $200 laptop 2021
    HP Pavilion 15: $859
    $859 at Newegg Save $370
  • Best $200 laptop 2021
    Lenovo Yoga 6: $850
    $850 at Best Buy Save $100
  • Best $200 laptop 2021
    LG Gram 17: $1,719
    $1,630 at Amazon Save $131

New year, new laptop? With Intel announcing new 12th-gen Core processors and AMD rolling out new Ryzen chips at CES this week, we should start seeing discounts on current laptops as vendors make way for upcoming models with the new chips. The best deal I see this week is the small but mighty and quite pleasing HP Pavilion Aero 13, which you can get direct from HP with a hefty $250 discount. I've also highlighted the best deals I found at Amazon, Best Buy and Newegg.

Check out the options below, which are regularly updated as sales expire and new deals emerge.

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Asus

This midrange laptop from Asus boasts a roomy 15.6-inch with a full HD (1,920x1,080-pixel) resolution. It's a step up from budget models that make you get by with a 720p screen. It's also thinner and lighter than any 15-inch budget model. With an 11th-gen Core i7 CPU and a 512GB SSD, it features a more powerful CPU and double the solid-state storage capacity than you'll find with most budget laptops. It also supplies both Type-A and Type-C USB ports, saving you from having to carry around an adapter.

$727 at Amazon
$727 at Best Buy
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HP's 13-inch Aero is one of the best laptops I tried out last year. It's incredibly light at 2.1 pounds and has a supremely comfortable keyboard, and its 13.3-inch display looks and feels bigger than its diagonal measurement might lead you to believe because of the added vertical space its 16:10 aspect ratio provides. You can get this model direct from HP for a $250 discount. It features AMD's stellar octa-core Ryzen 7 5800U CPU, an ample 16GB of RAM and a 512GB SSD.

Read our HP Pavilion Aero 13 review.

$199 at HP
$199 at Walmart
$221 at Amazon
Newegg

With an AMD Ryzen 7 5700U CPU and 32GB of RAM, this deeply discounted laptop from HP serves up a stellar CPU and a massive amount of memory for the money. It also supplies a 512GB SSD and a full HD, 15.6-inch display.

$859 at Newegg
Best Buy

This 13-inch two-in-one convertible offers a dash of style with an all-metal body and a lid wrapped in blue stain-resistant fabric. This discounted model features an AMD Ryzen 7 5700U CPU, 16GB of RAM and a 512GB SSD. The 13.3-inch touchscreen has full-HD resolution and can rotate 360 degrees into tablet mode.

$850 at Best Buy
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Most 17-inch laptops are gaming monsters. The LG Gram 17 is neither a gaming laptop nor a monster. It lacks dedicated graphics to drive 3D games but is only 0.7-inch thick and weighs less than three pounds, making this 17.3-inch desktop replacement roughly the same weight as your typical 13.3-inch ultraportable. The spacious 2K (2,560x1,600-pixel) display is powered by an 11th-gen Core i7 CPU, 16GB of RAM and integrated Intel Iris Plus graphics. You also get a roomy 1TB SSD for storage.

Read our LG Gram 16 review.

$1,630 at Amazon
$1,719 at Best Buy