If you’re thinking about upgrading your laptop this year, it’s worth zooming out beyond just the machine itself. A great setup usually consists of:
This Black Friday lineup hits all of those pieces: a flagship ASUS ROG Strix gaming laptop, a 2025 Apple MacBook Pro, and a trio of desk upgrades from LG, Razer, and Anker that make either machine feel like a full desktop rig when you’re at home.
If you want a do-everything daily driver for work, creativity, and “Apple Intelligence,” this 2025 MacBook Pro is the one to watch. It comes with:
At $1,399.00 (down from $1,599.00), you’re getting a current-gen MacBook Pro with the new chip designed to handle AI-heavy workloads, video editing, code, and the usual browser-tab chaos.
Paired with a good monitor and dock (see the LG and Anker sections below), this MacBook becomes a compact workstation that you can disconnect and take with you in seconds.
On the Windows side, the ASUS ROG Strix G16 (2025) is a monster gaming and performance laptop that can also double as a serious production machine. Key specs:
At $2,299.99 (down from $2,899.99), you’re getting top-tier hardware that will chew through modern games, 3D work, video editing, and AI workloads. The 240Hz Nebula display is already a great primary screen, but this laptop also pairs beautifully with the LG Ultragear monitor for a larger, curved view when you’re plugged in.
A powerful laptop deserves more screen real estate when you’re at a desk, and that’s where the LG 32GS60QC-B Ultragear comes in. You’re looking at:
At $186.99 (down from $299.99), this is a very strong companion display for both the ASUS ROG Strix and the MacBook Pro (with the right adapter or via the Anker dock). It turns your portable machine into a more comfortable, eye-level setup for gaming, work, or both.
High-performance laptops can get toasty—especially under sustained gaming or rendering loads. The Razer Laptop Cooling Pad: Adaptive Smart is meant to keep temps under control and performance more consistent. Highlights:
At $121.99 (down from $169.99), it’s not just about protecting your investment—cooler laptops tend to maintain higher boost clocks longer, which can translate to smoother frame rates and faster exports.
To complete the “laptop as desktop” transformation, the Anker 675 USB-C Docking Station acts as both a monitor stand and a 12-in-1 hub. It’s designed for machines like the MacBook Pro and Windows laptops (including ThinkPads) and offers:
At $169.99 (down from $249.99), it’s a very tidy solution if you want to park your laptop, plug in a single cable, and instantly have an external display, peripherals, and power ready to go.
Instead of just grabbing a single laptop, you can use these deals to assemble a full, flexible setup:
Pick the laptop that fits your style, then layer in the monitor, cooling, and docking deals to turn it into a setup that feels far more “desktop-class”—without giving up portability.
Apple has just introduced a redesigned MacBook Pro with a few bells and whistles. The focus this time around is on a thinner and lighter build, and an upgrade to a touch-sensitive OLED screen without any ugly notch. And, in case you were wondering, there is definitely a price premium to pay for these niceties, which also include a glowing Apple logo at the back. What if you wanted to get the best that Apple has to offer? Well, the numbers are finally here.
For a mere $14,549, you can get yourself the fully kitted 16-inch MacBook Pro PROLED XDR with the beefiest laptop chip that Apple has to offer, and the best memory configuration in tow. For nearly $15,000, you treat yourself to the 16-inch version of the laptop with a nano-texture glass layer on the screen to reduce reflections and glare.
Apple has unveiled its first-ever touchscreen MacBook Pro. The company seems a bit confused about the naming, calling it the "MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display," which is tough to remember. If you look past that and review the full spec sheets, you might ask a genuine question: what are the differences between the touchscreen and non-touchscreen versions?
Given that Apple continues to sell both variants together, that's a genuine question. Luckily, you don't have to spend more time lining up the spec sheets side by side and hunting for differences hidden in the fine print. I took that bullet for you. Here's everything that's different between the PROLED XDR Display and the regular MacBook Pro.
MacBook Pro you can touch is genuinely exciting. We've been talking about it for more than a year. All the pent-up anticipation has finally ended. But now there's a new headache: pricing.
The new MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display is available in two screen sizes: 14-inch and 16-inch. Pre-orders open today, October 28, 2026, and deliveries and store stock follow on Friday, November 6, 2026.