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    "Budget Laptops",
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  "textContent": "TODAY ONLY DEAL\n\n**Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 Laptop**\n\nWIth Microsoft 365, Game Pass, and Xbox controller\n\nView Deal\n\nThis deal is weird. It’s a $500 Lenovo laptop at Best Buy with 16GB of RAM, plus a year of Microsoft (Office) 365, a year of Game Pass Ultimate, and a free Xbox controller. It feels like something laser-targeted towards incoming college students, yet it’s happening at the _end_ of the school year—and only for one day. It’s today’s Best Buy deal of the day. Weird. But beggars can’t be choosers.\n\nThe laptop in question is a Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3. It’s definitely on the budget side of things, but a 15-incher with 16GB of RAM, 512GB of storage, and a recent processor isn’t to be sneezed at right now. The Ryzen 7 170 is an 8-core Zen 3+ design with integrated Radeon 680M graphics, a very good fit if you’re looking for an all-round machine that can do a bit of gaming on the side. Ports include USB-C, double USB-A, full-sized HDMI, and a full-sized SD card reader.\n\nAt 3.52 pounds, this isn’t a small or thin laptop, but you do get a few extras thrown in like a touchscreen and a physical privacy shutter on the webcam. But it’s the trimmings that draw the eye on this particular turkey. It’s part of a promotional deal from Microsoft where you get a year of Microsoft 365 Premium, a year of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, and a free redemption code for an Xbox controller on the Xbox Design Lab. You’re still limited to the standard design (not the Elite, and no _Fallout_ or _Spongebob_ freebies), but that’s still an impressive offer. Between those three extras, you’re getting over $450 in goodies with the laptop.\n\nAgain, this price is good for _today only_ at Best Buy, ending at 1 AM Eastern. If this isn’t quite what you’re looking for, check out PCWorld’s roundup of the best laptops on the market.",
  "title": "Get a Lenovo laptop, Xbox controller, Game Pass, and Office for $500 today"
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