Black Friday is looming large on the horizon, promising big discounts on TVs, laptops, headphones, speakers, and just about everything else. It's the single best time of the year to shop, with deals on offer from all the leading retailers.

This Acer Chromebook Spin 714 is on sale for $150 off at Best Buy. It sports a 14-inch 1920 x 1200 touch display, Intel Core i5-1335U CPU, 8GB RAM and 256GB storage. This 2-in-1 can switch to tablet mode, and it offers long battery life and good performance.

Best Buy refreshed its early Black Friday gaming laptop deals. The Acer Nitro V 15" laptop boasts an RTX 4050 GPU for a budget price of $699.99. The MSI Katana 16" RTX 4070 gaming laptop is down to a great price of $1,099.99. The Acer Predator Helios with a massive 18" display, powerful i9-14900HX CPU, and RTX 4080 GPU, is available for $1,999.99.