All the best laptops for under $200 this Amazon Prime Day

The Asus Vivobook Go 12 on a pink background with a 'TechRadar Big Savings' badge beside it.

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Looking for a new laptop this Prime Day, but don't want to spend too much? Have no fear – we're seeing plenty of great laptops selling for less than $200, and we've collected them here for you to grab a bargain.

The best cheap laptops don't always see huge discounts for Amazon Prime Day, since manufacturers are more interested in shifting their mid-range and premium hardware during Amazon's mega-sale event.

But the laptops below – led by the excellent Asus Vivobook Go 12 – prove that you can snag an excellent Amazon Prime Day laptop deal without having to spend a fortune.

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Most of the cheapest laptops on sale right now are actually Chromebooks, and indeed there are plenty of great Prime Day Chromebook deals available – but not everyone wants a Chromebook, so we've taken care to include both ChromeOS and Windows laptops in this roundup.

These budget machines typically don't have the same sort of high-end internal hardware specs as more expensive laptops – they tend to use Intel's Celeron or Pentium processors instead of the more powerful Core series.

That doesn't mean they're not capable devices, though! While you shouldn't expect to be playing the latest PC games on these laptops, they can still comfortably handle everyday tasks like web browsing, answering emails, and watching videos. Remember, we always advise that you stick to trusted brands like Asus, Acer, and Samsung – Amazon also features plenty of sketchy laptop brands, so be careful.

Considering a different type of laptop? You can take a look at our Prime Day Apple deals if you're a MacBook fan, or if you're a gamer, be sure to check out our roundup of the best Prime Day gaming laptop deals.

Prime Day deal – laptops under $200

Christian is TechRadar’s UK-based Computing Editor. He came to us from Maximum PC magazine, where he fell in love with computer hardware and building PCs. He was a regular fixture amongst our freelance review team before making the jump to TechRadar, and can usually be found drooling over the latest high-end graphics card or gaming laptop before looking at his bank account balance and crying.

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