Ahead of October Prime Day, the best laptop deals save you up to $900 on MacBooks and PCs

The best early October Prime Day laptop deals (for now): Best MacBook deal Apple MacBook Air, 13-inch (M5, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD) $1,449 at Amazon (save $150) Get Deal Best Windows laptop deal MSI Prestige 16 AI+ (Intel Core Ultra X7 358H, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD) $1,399 at Costco (save $400) Get Deal Best gaming laptop deal Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 (AMD Ryzen 9 270, Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD) $1,649.99 at Best Buy (save $650) Get Deal No pressure, Amazon , but I have high hopes for Prime Big Deal Days .

The retailer's upcoming "October Prime Day" sale (set for Oct.

6 and 7) will be an opportunity to get the ball rolling on holiday tech deals that erase the steep price hikes we've seen so far this year amid the ongoing memory crisis .

Laptops have been hit especially hard: Many of the models I've tested in the past nine months have gotten anywhere from $100 to $950 more expensive due to increased component costs .

In the weeks leading up to the sale, I'm not seeing a ton of noteworthy laptop deals on Amazon just yet (aside from some so-so MacBook discounts).

Most of them involve no-name brands and third-party sellers that you should avoid.

Fortunately, other retailers like Best Buy and Walmart are picking up the slack with savings of up to $900 on top Windows laptops and gaming PCs.

Below, I'm keeping a running list of the best early October Prime Day laptop deals I can find across the web.

They'll probably get even better once the sale actually starts, but if you need to upgrade sooner rather than later, you've got a bunch of options already.

Best MacBook deal (for now) Opens in a new window Credit: Apple Apple MacBook Air, 13-inch (M5, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD) $1,449 at Amazon $1,599 Save $150 Get Deal The M5 MacBook Air is a fabulous all-rounder with incredibly fast performance, a premium haptic touchpad, a vibrant display, and a polished design.

I like the 13-inch size for college students , in particular, because it's slightly cheaper and more portable than its 15-inch sibling.

This upgraded model with 1TB of storage is $150 off on Amazon ahead of Prime Day.

I think it could see a $200 discount once Prime Big Deal Days starts, based on its predecessor's pricing history , but this is still a solid deal in the age of RAMageddon. (If you need more memory, a 24GB RAM/1TB model is also $150 off right now.) Read Mashable's full review of the Apple MacBook Air (M5).