Snapdragon-powered laptops aren’t for everyone, but they’re great if you’re looking for incredible battery life. They’re starting to get a lot more affordable, too. Take Best Buy’s deal of the day, a 14-inch Dell Inspiron 14 with a Snapdragon X processor and 16GB of RAM. It’s just $499.99 with a $300 discount—but this deal ends at 1 AM Eastern US time.
When Mark Knapp reviewed the Inspiron 14 for PCWorld last year, he found the laptop a bit dull and overpriced for the lowered performance of the Snapdragon X Plus CPU versus Intel alternatives. But that was at its $800 base price. At $500, the 3.3-pound laptop with a 1200p screen might be a lot more palatable. You also get 16GB of RAM (the minimum I’d consider for a Windows 11 laptop), 512GB of storage, and an infrared camera for face unlock. I also like the microSD card reader, something you don’t often see in budget designs.
This particular model doesn’t aim to be an amazing bread-and-butter member of the now-extinct Inspiron family, but it did run for 17 hours on a 4K video test in our review and over 8 hours with more typical use. Keep in mind that, while pretty much everything you’d want to do on the web is supported on Arm-based Snapdragon processors, they do struggle with high-end games.
Best Buy is offering this deal today only, August 6th. If it doesn’t strike your fancy, be sure to check out PCWorld’s roundup of the best laptops on the market, including budget-friendly options.
Get an Inspiron 14 laptop with a Snapdragon processor for $500