It’s not often I recommend a laptop that will perform as poorly in 2025 as this Dell Chromebook 3120 on sale at Walmart for only $49, but honestly, at that price, you can find something for it to do.
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Today’s best Dell Chromebook 3120 Black Friday deal
This Dell Chromebook 3120 is a fairly old model with a very outdated processor that Intel stopped making all the way back in 2014, and with just 16GB eMMC storage and 4GB of low-powered DDR3 memory, there are smartwatches that will likely perform faster than this laptop ever will.
But folks, it’s $49. That’s less than a dinner for one at Chili’s. It has Wi-Fi 5 capability, so surely you can find some use for it, even if it’s just to play some streaming video at your desk while you work.
Give it to the kid as their first laptop. Let them throw it against the wall in frustration after a few months. Will it matter at that point? You’ll have gotten several months’ use out of it for less than a week’s worth of Starbucks coffee orders. And, if they take reasonably good care of it, it might even carry them through some elementary school coursework until they’re old enough for the responsibility of owning a more current (and expensive) laptop.
What if they break it? Whatever! You can use it to weigh down a tarp in the backyard. You’ll find something to do with this once it can no longer run, but you’ll have gotten something out of it in the process.
Today’s best Black Friday deals – quick links
- Amazon: 45% off TVs, AirPods, air fryers & vacuums
- Apple: iPads, AirPods & MacBooks from $119
- Best Buy: $1,000 off TVs, laptops & headphones
- Dell: laptop deals from $249.99
- Home Depot: 40% off appliances, furniture, grills & tools
- Lenovo: 45% off laptops & tablets
- Lowe’s: up to 30% off appliances, holiday decor & tools
- Samsung: up to $2,000 off appliances, TVs & phones
- Target: 40% off Christmas decor, clothing & furniture
- T-Mobile: up to $1,100 off latest iPhone 17
- Walmart: furniture, cheap TVs & vacs from $69
- Wayfair: 54% off Christmas, furniture & decor
