Black Friday is the absolute best time for finding good deals on laptops. (I would know: I've tracked them for Mashable since 2019.) And with retailers taking full advantage of the holiday's abnormally late timing this year, running sales that span most of November, steep discounts are expected to be plentiful all month long.

If you've been waiting all year to buy a new laptop, your patience has paid off. The holiday shopping season is here, and that means some of the best savings on top-rated models.

One of the most notable deals is the 15.6-inch HP Victus gaming laptop, which part of Best Buy's first round of limited-time doorbuster deals. The laptop is equipped with an AMD Ryzen 5-7535HS processor,