Looking to upgrade your daily driver laptop or PC for school or work? There's certainly no better time of year to shop around for a good deal than Black Friday. Dell has already kicked off its Black Friday Sale with some rock bottom pricing on both the affordable Inspiron and premium XPS line of laptops and desktops. Check the deals out below.
Did you come here looking for Alienware gaming deals? We have a dedicated article for that. Check out all of the best deals during this year's Alienware Black Friday Sale.
Dell Inspiron Laptops
The Inspiron is Dell's most popular and most affordable laptop. They're mostly made of plastic, but the build quality is excellent, and there are finishing touches that make it look good like the aluminum top cover. They're also very lightweight for budget laptops: the Inspiron 14 starts at 3.4lbs, the Inspiron 15 at 3.6lbs, and the Inspiron 16 at 4.1lbs. Right now, you can pick up a Dell Inspiron 15 Intel Core i5 laptop for as low as low as $299. Or you can upgrade to an Intel Core i7 CPU, touchscreen display, Intel Iris Xe graphics, and double the memory and storage for just $170 more.
Dell XPS Laptops
The XPS lineup consists of Dell's best laptops in terms of build quality and compactness. Depending on which size you get, these laptops start at only 2.6lbs (lighter than a MacBook Pro 13") and measures as little as 0.6" thin. Unlike the Inspiron laptops, the XPS boasts a machined CNC aluminum shell with a Gorilla Glass 3 display and a glass palmrest. There are several models on sale, but one config I would recommend is this Dell XPS 13 laptop, which boasts a gorgeous 3K OLED touchscreen display for under $1,700. If you're looking for a "budget" XPS, this Dell XPS 15 is on sale right now for only $899.99. Note that many of these laptops can be configured to your liking.
Dell Inspiron PCs
Like their laptop counterparts, the Inspiron desktop PC caters to the budget shopper who wants the best performance for the price. Few retailers can offer a complete Intel Core i5 desktop computer for $430 or an Intel Core i7 desktop computer for $650. By default, Inspirons are enclosed in a compact, space-saving mid-tower chassis, but some models feature an even smaller chassis that can practically be hidden away under a desk or behind your monitor.
Dell XPS PCs
The XPS lineup consists of Dell's most premium desktop computers. Although Dell also owns the Alienware gaming PC brand, you can very easily equip an XPS desktop with the same specifications of a powerful Alienware PC, but for a considerably lower cost. If the Alienware is too gaudy for you, the XPS would be perfect. It has a clean and understated aesthetic with no RGB bling. It also has very good airflow design to handle video cards up to the RTX 4080 Super. Right now, you can get a Dell XPS Intel Core i7 desktop PC for $599.99, which is even lower than an Inspiron Intel Core i7 PC. If you want something that can handle gaming on the side, consider this Dell XPS configuration with an Intel Core i7-14700K CPU and an RTX 4060 Ti GPU for only $1,199.99.
Looking for Black Friday Gaming PC Deals?
This is IGN, so of course I've also gone through and picked out the best gaming PCs and laptops. If you're here to upgrade your gaming computer and you're looking specifically for Alienware deals, check out all of the best deals we've found during the Alienware Black Friday Sale. If you're willing to looking at deals on other gaming PC brands, then check out all of the best Black Friday gaming PC deals and Black Friday gaming laptop deals from Best Buy, Amazon, Walmart, and other retailers. Alongside Alienware, you'll find gaming PCs from iBuyPower, CyberPowerPC, Asus, HP, Lenovo, and more.
Looking for a good monitor to pair with your brand new desktop PC? Dell has some of the best monitor deals for Black Friday. These include both Dell and Alienware monitors. If you're looking for more options, we have a greater Black Friday monitor roundup that includes deals from other retailers.
Dell Black Friday Monitor Deals
Black Friday Playstation Consoles
Sony's Black Friday PlayStation deals all went live on Friday, November 21. Dell is one of Sony's major authorized resellers and the massive price drops I've seen on PS5 Slim console bundles, DualSense controllers, PS VR2 headset, and video games are all available on their site.
Should You Wait for Black Friday?
In most cases, we would say that Black Friday has the best deals of the year. Dell, however, is quite the opposite. Dell likes to push its best Black Friday deals well in advance of Black Friday, sometimes even as early as October. There are very specific "doorbuster" deals that go live on Black Friday, but they aren't necessarily on gaming PCs. If you find a great deal on a configuration that's exactly what you're looking for at a price you're happy with, you should jump on it early.
Eric Song is the IGN commerce manager in charge of finding the best gaming and tech deals every day. When Eric isn't hunting for deals for other people at work, he's hunting for deals for himself during his free time.
