What's better than spending time off during the holiday playing new video games? Two things. Not having to wait until and not having to pay top prices for the best hardware out there!

Shop the best Black Friday laptop deals, all of which have been vetted by our journalists, who have tested hundreds of laptops over the past decade.

You can grab it on sale for $1,199.99 (was $1,599.99) from Best Buy for Black Friday. I’m not saying this is the right laptop for you — not necessarily, at least — but I’ll tell you why it’s exactly the laptop I’ve been looking for.