HP’s perfect student laptop is $200 off for Memorial Day

Save over $100 on this SanDisk rugged 2TB external SSD

Whether it's important files for work or memorable photos and videos of your personal life, you'll want to keep them in a durable storage device like the SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD. If you don't own an external SSD like this one yet, here's your chance to buy it for nearly half its original price as the 2TB model is on sale from Best Buy for $122 instead of $225, for savings of $103. You shouldn't waste time thinking about it as the deal may disappear at any moment, after which we're not sure when it will return.

Why you should buy the SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD 2TB
The SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD is a rugged external SSD that's built to protect all kinds of digital files. It's the SanDisk Extreme Pro with data transfer speeds of up to 2,000 MBps that's featured in our roundup of the best external hard drives as the best portable external hard drive, but the SanDisk Extreme is practically the same portable SSD, albeit with read speeds of up to 1,050 MBps and write speeds of up to 1,000 MBps. The speed difference is an acceptable trade-off for the lower price of the SanDisk Extreme, though it will still be pretty quick for most people since SSDs can process data faster than HDDs, according to our guide on how to buy an external hard drive.

This deal saves you over $500 on an RTX 3060 gaming laptop

If you're going to make an investment in gaming laptop deals, you'll want to get a machine like the Asus ROG Zephyrus G15, especially now that it's on sale from Best Buy with a $520 discount. From its original price of $1,620, you can get it for $1,100, which is still expensive but rest assured that you'll be getting your money's worth with its performance. You'll have to complete your purchase quickly though, because the offer may no longer be available tomorrow.

Why you should buy the Asus ROG Zephyrus G15 gaming laptop
Our roundup of the best gaming laptops gives multiple spots to devices from the Asus ROG brand, so you know that you'll be getting a top-quality product when you purchase the Asus ROG Zephyrus G15. It's got what it takes to run the best PC games at their highest settings with its AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS processor and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 graphics card, plus 16GB of RAM that's enough for the vast majority of gamers, according to our guide on how much RAM do you need. If you find yourself immersed in whatever you're playing, don't worry because the ROG Intelligent Cooling system will prevent overheating.

Memorial Day sales knock $230 off the Surface Pro 7+ with Type Cover

With so many great deals on Memorial Day, it's the perfect time to pick up a Microsoft Surface Pro laptop. Not only is it great for general business and school use for productivity, but it's also powerful enough that folks have used it for editing work like music production. As such, it's no surprise that we've put it on both our best tablet deals and best laptop deals lists for its versatility and powerful specifications under the hood. Even slightly older versions, such as the Microsoft Surface Pro 7+, are still relatively powerful, and you can get quite a good deal on them since they're not newly released.

During the current Memorial Day sales, you can grab a Surface Pro 7+ with a typing cover for just $700 at Best Buy, rather than the usual $930 it goes for, a significant $230 discount. That's a great deal for a device with a relatively modern and entry-level desktop CPU, a good amount of RAM, and one of the best touchscreen experiences on the market. It's also quite solidly built and not too heavy, so if you prefer a more handheld and tablet-like experience, a Surface Pro is the way to go.