A light and powerful laptop goes a long way. While it might not feel like it from the offset, buying a higher-end pro Windows laptop can speed up your workflow and make everyday tasks a little easier. It’s less weight to lug around, longer to go between charges, and overall, just a faster way to get through your work. But Windows machines usually have this weird niche where no middle-to-good laptop exists. There are great budget laptops, and then there are great expensive laptops.

Luckily, for Black Friday, you can snag a pro-level Windows laptop for less than $1,000.

The best pro Windows laptops for Black Friday

By spending less than $1,000, you’ll get a high resolution 2K touchscreen displays, fast SSD storage, and 16GB RAM as standard. Plus, you can get fast Core i7 or AMD Ryzen 7 processors that will give you performance to rival that of a desktop machine.

• Lenovo Yoga 7i (2 in 1 Touch-Screen Laptop - Intel Core i5-1335U - 16GB Memory - 512GB SSD): $549.99 on Best Buy (down from $849.99)

• LG Gram 16 (Intel 13th Gen Core i7 Evo Platform, Windows 11 Home, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD): $899 on Amazon (down from $1499)

• LG Gram 14 ( 2in1 Lightweight Laptop, Intel 13th Gen Core i5 Evo Platform, Windows 11 Home, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD): $799.99 on Amazon (down from $1299.99)

• Lenovo X1 Nano 13 (13.0" Touchscreen 2K Notebook Intel Core i5-1130G7 8GB RAM 512GB SSD Black - Intel Core i5-1130G7 Quad-core - 2160 x 1350 (2K) Display): $614 on Newegg (from $2888)

• MSI Summit E13FlipEvo (13.4" Touchscreen Laptop i7-1280P (1.80GHz) 16GB RAM 1TB SSD Intel Iris Xe Graphics): $799 on Newegg (down from $1199).

• Acer Swift Go (14" 1920x1200 100% sRGB Touch Screen Display, Intel Core i7-1355,U Intel Iris Xe, 16GB LPDDR5, 512GB Gen 4 SSD): $649.99 on Amazon (down from $899.99)

• Dell Inspiron 16 5635 (AMD Ryzen 7-7730U, QHD 16 inch, 16GB LPDDR4x RAM, 1TB SSD, AMD Radeon Graphics): $702 on Amazon (down from $999)

• Microsoft Surface Laptop Go 3 2023 (12.4" Touchscreen, Thin & Lightweight, Intel Core i5, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD SSD): $599 on Amazon (down from $799)

• HP - Envy 2-in-1 15.6" (Full HD Touch-Screen Laptop - AMD Ryzen 7 7730U - 16GB Memory - 512GB SSD): $649.99 on Best Buy (down from $1049.99)

• Galaxy Book3 360 (2-in-1 15.6" FHD AMOLED Touch Screen Laptop - Intel 13th Gen Evo Core i7-1360P - 16GB Memory - 1TB SSD): $999.99 on Best Buy (down from $1549.99)

• Microsoft Surface Laptop 5 (13.5” Touch-Screen - Intel Evo Platform Core i5 with 8GB Memory - 512GB SSD): $899.99 on Best Buy (down from $1299.99)