Dealmaster: Save big on Windows laptops and smart TVs ahead of Memorial Day

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Greetings, Arsians! The Dealmaster is back with another round of deals to share. Memorial Day hasn’t arrived yet, but the holiday deals are already in full swing. Before you get out of town for the long weekend, you can snag big sales on some of our favorite Windows laptops from the likes of Dell, HP, and Lenovo. You can get the newest Dell XPS 13 laptop, featuring a Core i5 processor, 8GB of RAM, and 256GB SSD for just $979.

The XPS 13 has always been a stellar laptop, but Dell made a few updates this year that pushed it up to the top spot in our Windows ultrabook guide. It’s constructed beautifully and sturdily with a mixture of aluminum and woven fiberglass (depending on the model), and now it’s not blemished by an unflattering up-nose cam. Dell’s new, 2.25mm FHD webcam sits atop the FHD display so you can video chat without worrying about your on-camera appearance.

On top of that, the XPS 13 laptop has a comfortable keyboard and trackpad area, a fingerprint sensor embedded into its power button, and superb performance with an average battery life of about 13 hours base on our testing. The biggest things you can complain about are its display’s 16:9 aspect ratio, which admittedly isn’t ideal, and its scant port selection that includes just two Thunderbolt 3 ports, one USB-C 3.1 port, one microSD card slot, a headphone jack, and a lock slot. The base laptop still costs $899, but you’ll save $230 if you opt for this more powerful model.