Head to our best laptops guide, and our current pick for the best workday machine is the Dell XPS 13. And if you follow up that visit by heading to Best Buy, you can get that same Dell XPS for $999, a $500 discount off its regular price.

Here’s a giant saving on the excellent Asus Vivobook S14, which is superb value at £459.99. The powerful but slim 14in laptop runs on the latest Snapdragon X Plus processor, giving it improved energy efficiency and an impressive 20-hour battery life, while the 16GB of RAM can comfortably handle multitasking the most demanding software.