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The HP Pavilion Aero 13 is a thin, light, and affordable laptop that offers a good balance of price, performance, and semi-premium design. First introduced in 2021, HP launched an updated model recently that replaces the original’s Ryzen 5000U processor with a Ryzen 7035U chip that should bring better CPU and graphics performance.
And now the new model is already on sale at a deep discount: you can pick up an entry-level model with a Ryzen 5 7535U processor, 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage for just $530.

Here are some of the day’s best deals.
Laptops
- MSI Modern 14 w/Ryzen 5 7530U/16GB/512GB for $479 – Newegg
- HP Pavilion Aero 13 w/Ryzen 5 7535U/8GB/256GB for $530 – HP
- MSI Modern 14 w/Ryzen 7 7730U/16GB/512GB for $549 – Newegg
- HP Pavilion Aero 13 w/Ryzen 5 5625U/16GB/512GB for $600 – HP
- HP Pavilion Plus 14″ laptop w/Core i7-12700H/16GB/256GB for $800 – HP
- Lenovo ThinkBook 14 w/Core i5-1235U/16GB/512GB for $896 – Lenovo (coupon: THINKJUNESAVE)
- Dell XPS 13 w/Core i7-1250U/16GB/512GB for $899 – Dell
- Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 144 Hz gaming laptop w/Ryzen 7 5800HS/RTX 3060/16GB/512GB for $900 – Best Buy (via eBay)
- Apple MacBook Air w/M2/8GB/256GB for $999 – B&H
- Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 120 Hz gaming laptop w/Ryzen 9 6900HS/Radeon RX 6700S/16GB/1TB for $1000 – Best Buy (via eBay)
Networking
- Refurb eero mesh WiFI routers for $35 and up – Amazon
- TP-Link Deco mesh WiFi routers for $54 and up – Amazon
Laptops probably don’t need to be light and thin (aka flimsy) anymore.
Actually, something like this notebook would have been perfect for me in my college classes, being a “laptop campus” they require all students to have a laptop to bring to class. Thin and light would have been far more convenient for me versus my not-so-thin-and-light 14 inch laptop that I ended up getting.
But that’s me. I was looking for just something like this but there weren’t any available and I had two days to get a laptop before classes started. A 13 incher would have been perfect for me.
A chonky battery would’ve served better plus give extra exercise.