HP Deals From Best Buy To Grab for the Back-to-School Season

Students on a strict budget who want a portable, classroom-capable laptop

Student life is expensive, so finding a bargain computer that can still easily handle all your classroom and study tasks with ease is a big relief. This 14-inch laptop from HP, now discounted to under $150, offers Windows 11, integrated Intel graphics, a quad-core Celeron processor and 128GB of ultra-fast eMMC flash storage. Because it weighs just over three pounds, it’s also highly portable, while the included HD camera and dual-array microphones make attending virtual classes or making Zoom calls painless. Lastly, for a budget laptop, this one is a looker, offering a slim profile and even slimmer bezel, making your on-screen content stand out that much more.

For gamers who can’t sacrifice the practicality of having a highly portable computer

Granted, your studies come first, but what if you happen to love gaming and need a capable machine to help you unwind in those few hours you have to yourself, free of class, homework and studying? HP’s OMEN is an absolute beast of a laptop that manages to hit all the important gaming benchmarks without being too large or heavy to take into the classroom. The Intel Core Ultra 7 processor, NVIDIA GeFORCE RTX 4060 graphics card, and 16GB of DDR5 RAM all give you the horsepower you need to run today’s most impressive triple-A games on the gorgeous, 2880×1800 OLED display (with a blazing fast 120Hz refresh rate!), but HP also included a bunch of quality-of-life features that students will appreciate, from the FHD front-facing camera with wide-angle field of view and built-in IR sensor to the fast-charging capabilities of the six-cell lithium-ion battery.

Anyone who wants a jack-of-all-trades laptop and appreciates a great bargain

If you prize versatility above everything, and want a laptop that will keep up with every new challenge you throw at it, check out HP’s Spectre two-in-one. The centerpiece of the machine is the brilliant OLED touchscreen display, which looks equally good whether you’re using it as a laptop or folding it flat like a tablet. With a resolution of 2880×1800 and 500 nits of peak brightness, this display does movies and TV shows justice while also minimizing eye strain when you’re reading off of it for hours at a time; HP even included a built-in blue light reducer, so your late-night study sessions don’t throw off your sleep schedule. The inside of this machine is just as impressive as the outside, with an Intel Ultra 7 processor, 16GB of DDR5 RAM and an ultra-fast NVMe SSD providing one terabyte of storage. Heck, this machine even sounds great, thanks to its quad-speaker design with AI-enhanced audio quality.

Gamers, graphic design students and anyone looking for more power at a lower price than most laptops offer

If you prefer to take your classroom notes by hand, or already own an ultra-portable laptop or tablet, you may want to consider upgrading your dorm room rig to a desktop. Gaming, graphic design, and photo/video editing are all easier on the HP Envy thanks to its Intel Core i7 processor, 16GB of DDR4 RAM, and ultra-fast, 1TB NVMe SSD storage drive. The case itself offers a sleek, modern design, complete with an array of useful ports, including an HDMI port, a VGA port, eight USB-A ports and one USB-C port. This unit doesn’t come with a monitor but it does come with a wireless keyboard and mouse, perfect for cutting down on cable clutter.

Gamers looking for a performance monitor with crystal-clear resolution and a blazing fast refresh rate

If you game competitively, whether in shooters or sports games, you know that even a fraction of a second can make the difference between victory and defeat. And that’s exactly where HP’s OMEN monitor gives you the edge, with a 240Hz refresh rate (double the usual “fast” refresh rate of most gaming monitors) and 1 millisecond response time, ensuring your character’s fate is always in your hands and never the fault of hardware lag. In terms of physical design, the OMEN offers 27 inches of screen real estate, incredible color accuracy and reduced blue light — making it an excellent monitor for doing school work, including photo editing and graphic design — while the fully adjustable stand and included RGB lighting ensure you’re fully immersed in your game.

For laptop users who need more screen real estate or desktop users needing a primary display

A 21-inch, HD and IPS panel for under $100 is already a steal, but this model integrates an ultra-wide, 178-degree viewing angle, AMD FreeSync technology (for gaming after the homework is all done, obviously), and a minimalist stand that allows for multiple tilting positions. The 75Hz refresh rate is plenty fast for movies and schoolwork, while the extra-thin bezel gives this monitor the same stylish good looks of much more expensive models. Art students will appreciate its 99% sRGB(3) color accuracy, while everyone will appreciate the inclusion of both HDMI and VGA ports for expanded connectivity options.

Laptop power users who want more functionality from their machines, especially in the dorm

Laptops are the computer of choice for most college students due to their compact, portable qualities, but those typically come at the cost of functionality, especially with respect to connectivity. The HP Thunderbolt 4 Docking Station solves that problem by offering a massive array of additional ports, including two USB-A ports, two USB-C ports, one HDMI port, and one DisplayPort, all in a compact, discreet design that will also help you minimize cable clutter. Using this dock (and the right laptop), you can power up to four external displays at 4K resolution, which also solves the other major laptop downside: screen size.

Students who write essays regularly, or who prefer to study using print rather than digital

You may think that, living in the digital age, printers have become obsolete, but college professors never lost the fondness for marking up student essays with red ink, so you’re probably going to need a reliable printer. The Smart Tank 6001 from HP offers wireless connectivity, making it easy to print from a laptop, tablet or phone, and with a 150-sheet input tray and 100-sheet output tray, even lengthy term papers are no problem. We also appreciate its speedy operation, printing black pages at a rate of 12 per minute and color pages at a rate of 7 per minute, as well as its built-in scanner, for when you want a digital copy of, for example, a friend’s class notes. As an added bonus, not only is this unit currently on sale, but it also comes with up to two years of additional ink refills, helping take you through both freshman and sophomore years without having to buy new ink.