If you’ve been waiting for an unbeatable deal on a budget laptop this Black Friday, here it is. Right now, you can get a new Asus 16-inch laptop, complete with the latest Ryzen processor and 16GB of RAM, for just $349.99 at Best Buy. That’s $400 off the retail price. This isn’t refurbished and you don’t need a trade-in or coupon—it’s just a fantastic deal.
The Asus Vivobook 16 is definitely a budget model, though with a $750 starting price it’s not exactly fantastic competition in that range. But the spec list is everything you need in a basic laptop, with the 16GB of DDR5 memory drawing my eye in particular. (That’s the least I would recommend for Windows 11 in 2025.) The AMD Ryzen AI 330 is also darn good at this price, offering quad-core performance and Radeon 820M graphics for some light gaming capabilities.
With a 15.6-inch 1920×1200 screen and a 4.14-pound weight, it’s not a small laptop, but it makes up for that with a full-sized keyboard and plenty of ports (including double USB-C, double USB-A, and full-sized HDMI). But the battery isn’t amazing for the size at 42 watt-hours, and this laptop does not have a touchscreen.
All that said, it’s getting really hard to find a new Windows laptop with a decent processor and 16 gigs of RAM under the $500 mark. This Asus design should handle pretty much anything a regular user can throw at it, so long as you don’t need high-end media creation or heavy 3D gaming.
I doubt you’ll find a better deal today if you’re hunting for the cheapest capable Windows laptop. If it’s not quite what you’re looking for, check out PCWorld’s picks for the best Black Friday laptop deals.
Get an Asus Ryzen laptop with 16GB of RAM for just $350
