The Stream has an 11.6in HD screen, which is smaller than most, but ideal if you want a machine that is going to be easily portable. This budget laptop weighs just 1.06kg. Typically retailing at £179, a Cyber Monday discount sees a full copy of Microsoft Office Home & Student (retails separately at £119.99) and a Jam portable bluetooth speaker (£9.99) thrown in for just £188.99. Core specs include an Intel Celeron N4000 processor, 2GB of RAM and 32GB of solid-state storage, along with dual speakers, dual-band 802.11ac Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.2, a basic webcam, a 3.5mm headphone jack, HDMI, a USB-C port and three USB 3.0 ports. The battery is said to last up to 13 hours, and though the storage allocation is rather meagre, microSD support does let you expand this. Rather than Windows 10 Home this laptop runs Windows 10 S, which is primed for cheaper systems and education-oriented PCs. It is more streamlined and runs much faster than full-fat Windows, allowing the machine to also boot much more quickly, but a key difference is it will run only applications available in the Windows Store. Since it is possible to get Microsoft Word for free, you might prefer to buy only the HP Stream 11 itself, which we’ve seen as low as £139 for Cyber Monday. Check out our live price comparison below: Was: £279.99 Now: £199.99 (£80 off + Microsoft 365) This full-size Vivobook is already cheap and you can save even more and get a year’s subscription to Microsoft Office 365 included too. A bargain if ever we saw one. Was: £349.97 Now: £139.99 (60% off) Avita might not be the most well-known laptop brand but we’ve been impressed with the ones we’ve tested. The Liber V has an AMD Ryzen 3 processor and 256GB SSD, and is now well under half its usual price. Was: £159.97 Now: £129.97 (£30 off + bundle) The extended 2-year warranty, Norton 360 Deluxe and Microsoft 365 bundle included with this laptop are worth almost as much as you’ll pay for the device itself. Was: £199 Now: £149 (£50 off) Was: £429 Now: £269 (£190 off) Was: £199 Now: £149 (£50 off) Was: £269 Now: £199 (£70 off) Was: £279.99 Now: £169.99 (£110 off + Microsoft 365) Marie is Editor in Chief of Tech Advisor and Macworld. A Journalism graduate from the London College of Printing, she’s worked in tech media for more than 17 years, managing our English language, French and Spanish consumer editorial teams and leading on content strategy through Foundry’s transition from print, to digital, to online - and beyond.
