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Best Buy Kicks Off Huge 3-Day Microsoft Sale With Deals on Laptops, Surface, Xbox and More

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Best Buy's massive three-day sale is now on, and it's offering savings on all things Microsoft. Everything from Windows laptops and Surface devices to Xbox consoles has received new discounts with hundreds in savings available on some products. The sale runs through Sunday, Aug. 18 and is a great opportunity to snag some upgraded tech for back-to-school time. 

We've sifted through all of the deals to find the ones worth taking advantage of and the HP Spectre x360 OLED laptop with an Intel Core Ultra 7 for $600 off its regular retail price is one of the headline deals. For something cheaper, the Lenovo Ideapad 1 with a 15.6-inch HD screen is only $350. Thanks to a new $230 price cut, you get the Ryzen 5-powered laptop with 8GB RAM, an AMD Radeon graphics card, 256GB SSD and a cool blue abyss colour scheme. 

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If you're in the market for a desktop PC capable of top performance, then the Dell XPS 8960 is now discounted by $450. Offering both business and gaming capabilities, it sports an Intel Core Ultra processor, an RTX 3050, 1TB SSD, 16GB RAM and is running Windows 11 out of the box. This is usually priced at $1,450, however, today's sale takes it down to the $1,000 mark. 

Microsoft's own Surface range has plenty of price cuts too, such as this 13-inch Microsoft Surface Pro 11 with its integrated Copilot Plus PC AI and Snapdragon X Elite graphics card for $1.300. That's a $200 reduction for the latest model. 

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Last but certainly not least, gaming has all gotten in on the action. For instance, a 1TB Xbox Series X has a decent $50 discount. The next-gen console can be picked up for $450, just in time for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle and Star Wars Outlaws. Alternatively, if you fancy going handheld, the standard Asus ROG Ally model has fallen to $380 from $500. 

The full list of Microsoft and Microsoft-related products can be found on Best Buy's site. Remember, this sale is due to end at midnight on Aug. 18, so you only have a little while to score the savings. 

Source: cnet.com

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