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I’ve seen a lot of laptop deals during this mini-Prime Day event – but the most powerful laptop I’ve found for under $500 is exceptionally cheap (and you won’t find it on Amazon either). The Asus Vivobook is down to $350 (was $500) at Walmart.

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This is one fast laptop for the price, and comes loaded with the ultra-efficient Intel Core 5 120U processor with 10 cores and 12 threads for greater performance.

Alright, there’s no discrete GPU so it’s not going to handle high-end video editing or gaming. But for general multi-tasking, streaming, running office apps, that sort of thing, it absolutely flies through everything you’ll throw at it.

Basically, if you’re a business professional or student who needs a dedicated and reliable machine that doesn’t cost the earth and will breeze through a range of tasks, this is well-specced for the job.

For more laptop deals, visit our round-up of the latest Prime Day deals, but remember, Amazon’s sale ends at midnight tonight, so you’ll need to act fast.

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Steve is B2B Editor for Creative & Hardware at TechRadar Pro. He began in tech journalism reviewing photo editors and video editing software at Web User magazine, and covered technology news, features, and how-to guides. Today, he and his team of expert reviewers test out a range of creative software, hardware, and office furniture. Once upon a time, he wrote TV commercials and movie trailers. Relentless champion of the Oxford comma.

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