You can certainly spend $1,000 or $1,500 or more on a laptop, but the question is: Should you? After all, it doesn’t take a lot of horsepower to delivery a satisfying experience web browsing or doing ordinary productivity work like creating documents and spreadsheets. To figure out how much laptop you really need, we enlisted …

This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. The Amazfit GTR debuted about a year ago with a list price of $180. I’ve seen it dip as low as $110 this year, but today’s deal represents the lowest price on record: For a limited time, and while supplies last, the Amazfit GTR (42mm) …

Want groceries and more delivered to your front door? That’s the promise behind Walmart Plus, a new service announced earlier this year. It’s not cheap, but you can sign up for a free 15-day Walmart Plus trial. See it at Walmart Although many have been quick to compare Plus to  Amazon Prime, it’s not really the same thing (see the …

This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. Here’s something you’re going to be hearing a lot from me in the coming days: Get your holiday gift shopping done soon. We can no longer rely on one- and two-day shipping — these days, deliveries can take up to a week or even longer. …

If you’re the panicky sort of person, don’t look at the calendar. Because now that Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday are behind us, there’s only (glances at wrist) another two weeks or so to do all your holiday gift shopping and still have a reasonable chance of getting everything delivered on time. Last week on the Cheapskate Show we …

This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. According to the calendar, Cyber Monday ended a couple of days ago. But Amazon clearly isn’t ready to throw in the towel quite yet. There are a lot of products on sale, from Amazon’s own selection of smart devices to Sony headphones, self-emptying Roombas, Jabra earbuds and …

This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. Best Buy isn’t done with this whole “cyber week” thing. Every day brings a new 12-hour sale that kicks off at 10 a.m. PT. We didn’t find much of interest in yesterday’s sale, but today there are some notable deals — including a discounted Theragun …

This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. Cyber Monday 2020 is officially over, but Staples still has some great deals. Are you a gamer? Check out the Vortex gaming chair. Need a new monitor? The excellent AOC is still on sale for just $90. Just one small wrinkle: Several of these deals are …

The Galaxy S20 Fan Edition has arrived, offering Samsung, er, fans the chance to buy an S20 phone for hundreds less than the price of the flagship model. Good news: Now you can get it for even less than that. For a limited time, and while supplies last, Amazon has the unlocked Galaxy S20 FE 5G 128GB for $549. It’s …

This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. While many of the biggest Black Friday deals have ended there are still a number of steals to be had. The actual day has passed, but many of these Black Friday discounts continue and will simply be re-dubbed Cyber Monday sales on Nov. 30.  Inventory issues have been …