Back To School Sales UK 2021: Apple, Microsoft, Adobe & More

Avita might not be the most well-known laptop brand but we’ve been impressed with the ones we’ve tested. The Liber V has an AMD Ryzen 3 processor and 256GB for not much money at all.

The latest version of the excellent MateBook D 15 has a decent saving of £350 with an Intel Core i5 and 512GB SSD.

The MateBook 14s sits atop our best laptop chart having gained a 9/10 score in our review.

This £500 discount is incredible and Huawei offers discounts on accessories you can add to the basket.

This is an excellent deal on the Surface Laptop Go, a great laptop for students.

Save a decent £100 on this model, which comes with an i5 processor and 64GB of storage.

A huge £450 off an excellent MateBook 14 on the official store is a great deal. You get a Core i5, 8GB of RAM and a 512GB SSD.

Huawei also offers a selection of other products at discounted prices.

If you want a stylish and portable laptop with a 15in OLED screen and powerful components then you just found it. And there’s £300 off!

The MacBook Air with M1 chip is now the older model and has a new lower RRP of £999 but you can still get it cheaper than that thanks to Amazon.

It’s not the biggest discount ever but they are rare for Apple hardware.

Bendy laptops are the perfect choice for some users and you’re safe with a Lenovo Yoga if that’s you.

This model comes in a stylish blue colour and has an AMD Ryzen 5 processor and 256GB SSD.

If you want a decent gaming laptop without breaking the bank then this Nitro 5 from Acer will fit the bill.

It’s got a Core i5, 144Hz screen, 16GB of RAM and an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050Ti graphics card.

If you want top-notch specs for an almost budget price then this Swift 3 is a great option. It comes with an AMD Ryzen 5 processor, 8GB of RAM and a 512GB SSD.

Amazon says an RRP of £499 but it used to be £649.

Surface Pro 8 discounts aren’t as big as they were around Prime Day, but there are still some decent deals available. Alongside £210 off this 512GB model, you’ll also find a £109 saving on the cheapest version at Amazon.

Nab a not-insignificant reduction on the top 1TB storage version of the iPad Pro 12.9in from 2020. This isn’t a Prime-only deal, so all Amazon customers can buy it, we just don’t know how long it’ll be available at this price.

If you don’t mind slightly older hardware, the Surface Go 2 remains a great portable PC. The top-spec Wi-Fi version is currently available with a useful £120 discount, or you can save £144 on an LTE model.

This 4G model of the Tab S7 is a powerhouse, delivering flagship performance via a stunning display. It’s available with a useful discount right now, too.

Lenovo’s Tab P11 Pro is a promising multimedia slate with a premium design and a stunning display. This model comes complete with both the Keyboard Pack and Precision Pen to expand its capabilities. Check out our Tab P11 Pro review to see how we found the whole kit and to decide whether this discounted Amazon price is right for you.

The Microsoft Store is one of the few places you can currently buy the Surface Duo 2. The 128GB Glacier model is available with a hefty £489 discount.

Surface Pro 8 discounts aren’t as big as they were around Prime Day, but there are still some decent deals available. Alongside £210 off this 512GB model, you’ll also find a £109 saving on the cheapest version at Amazon.

There aren’t many great Surface Laptop 4 discounts available right now, but you can still save £80 on this entry-level model. At £919, it represents great value for money.

Ivacy’s deal is one of the best around, knocking a whopping 88% off the usual monthly price.

It’s a five-year subscription that works out at $1.19 per month, or 96p if you’re in the UK. The up-front payment of $71.64 / £57.59 is a real bargain, as that’s what most VPN services charge for two years, or even one year.

Ivacy offers a great service which supports P2P downloads, unblocks streaming services (including Netflix and Disney+) and, like any VPN service, gives you security when using public Wi-Fi and privacy when browsing the web.

You can use it on up to 10 devices at the same time, but even if you use it only on one or two, it’s still one the cheapest VPN deals around. Plus, as a bonus, you also get a password manager included for the first year!

CyberGhost is a great VPN service and its current offer is for a 39-month subscription. It’s touted as a three-year deal with three months free, but click through and you’ll see you’re actually charged for all 39 months at the monthly price quoted. It’s a practice we want all VPNs to ditch, but since the renewal price remains the same and doesn’t get hiked up (as it does with NordVPN and Surfshark), it’s still a good deal.

CyberGhost is great for unblocking streaming services, so if that’s what you want a VPN for, it should be a tempting deal.

You’ll find CyberGhost in our round-up of the best VPNs.

Surfshark’s deal is 83% off its two-year subscription, plus three months free.

And it’s a good deal overall, even if the monthly price you’ll see on Surfshark’s website isn’t actually what you’ll pay.

Once you realise it’s charging you for the ‘free’ months and (for those in the UK) that VAT isn’t included, it isn’t as cheap as it appears.

However, it’s a top VPN service and the fact that Surfshark now bundles full-blown antivirus software helps, too. As does the fact the new protection has been tested and certified by Virus Bulletin.

This isn’t the absolute lowest price we’ve ever seen from Surfshark, but it’s still a great price for two years’ access to a top VPN service, which is also one of the few which doesn’t put a limit on the number of devices you can use with it at the same time. In fact, it’s almost half the price NordVPN charges.Read our Surfshark review

PureVPN’s latest deal is for a two-year subscription that will cost you $53.95 (around £44) and you get three free months on the end.

By our calculations, that’s not 82% off or $1.99 per month as claimed. It’s actually $2.25 per month, and 79% off.

It’s because PureVPN is counting the ‘free’ months as paid in order to make the price look cheaper. But it’s a good deal, made even better by the fact you can currently use the coupon code Pure20 to get an extra 10% off the discounted price.

As with all the deals here (and with all VPN subscriptions longer than a month), you pay for the full subscription up front – not per month.

TIP: if you’re using a desktop web browser and move your cursor off the page you should see a “secret” 5-year deal appear which works out at just $1.49 per month (£1.11), but of course the total price is higher ($89.95) as it’s for 60 months rather than 24. You cannot use a coupon code with this offer.

Atlas VPN is a relatively new services, but it offers 32 locations including Japan, with Netflix support. 

It doesn’t tick as many boxes as NordVPN or Surfshark, but if you’re just looking for the lowest monthly price, then this deal should be tempting, especially as Atlas VPN doesn’t put any restrictions on the number of devices you can use with the service at the same time.

Private Internet Access is offering 81% off its two-year subscription.

The monthly price shown on PIA’s site counts the extra months not as free but as paid months. It’s a cheeky way of making it look a bit cheaper than it really is. 

But it’s a good deal overall for this trusted service: it’s one of few VPN services that have made the source code for its apps public so it can be scrutinised.

Read our full PIA review for more details.

This deal gives you 62% off the renewal price (as opposed to the monthly price, which is why NordVPN’s discount appears lower than its rivals), and applies when you sign up for the two-year plan.

The UK prices shown here include VAT, which is why they look more expensive than the prices you’ll see when you click through to Nord’s website (it’s £3.36 per month, not £2.49). It’s still 62% off, but Nord presents all its prices without tax and, just like its cheeky rivals, factors in the free months as if you’d paid for them to make the monthly price look lower.

NordVPN is by no means the cheapest VPN service – even with this deal – but if you want the best all-round VPN (it’s still our pick of the best VPN services) then this is deal to go for.

Unlike most VPN deals which are subscriptions for a set number of years, FastestVPN’s is for a lifetime subscription. We asked the company exactly what that meant and were told “we will never terminate their accounts”.

And for just $20 – around £15 – that’s unbeatable. 

Plus, you’ll get a year’s cloud storage thrown in – 2TB with Internxt – and a password manager. 

FastestVPN isn’t the best VPN service around, and it’s not the fastest either. It has far fewer locations and servers than most. When we tested it, speeds were good over IKEv2, but terrible over OpenVPN, which is what you need to use to unblock services such Netflix and Disney+ in the US.

Hidden24 is a VPN service with a difference: it doesn’t require an app. It will suit anyone wanting a VPN for absolute privacy as it logs precisely nothing.

Your device will need to support a VPN connection natively, but Windows, Android, iOS and macOS all do.

Hidden24 is also a great option if you don’t want to sign up for a long time: it’s around half the cost of its rivals if you just need a VPN for a month.

Hide.me’s current deal offers two-years access to the service for a much lower monthly price than if you paid on a rolling one-month basis.

As with so many of these deals, the ‘free’ extra months are factored into the monthly price shown, meaning they’re not free at all. Or the real monthly price is actually higher than claimed.

Regardless, you’ll pay for the entire 26 months upfront and it’s a good deal compared to the prices Hide.me usually charges for a single month. Plus, the subscription renews at the deal price, which is a bonus.

It isn’t the best deal we’ve ever seen from hide.me, however.

An affordable printer for your home office, the OfficeJet 6950 is an all-rounder with print, copy, fax and scanning functions.

• Inkjet
• Multi-function
• Wi-Fi with AirPrint

This Mini 3 from Kodak has over £35 off and comes bundled with 68 photos. It’s Bluetooth and compatible with iPhone and Android.

• Portable
• Bluetooth
• 3x3in instant photos

It’s not a huge discount but any money off a decent printer at an affordable price is worth a look. You’ll need to check stores for collection, though.

• Multi-function
• Inkjet
• Wi-Fi

The XP-8600 features in our Best Printers chart, ranking highly. It may not be the cheapest but you’re getting bang for your buck, and this is the lowest price you’ll find right now.

• Multi-function
• Colour inkjet
• Colour touchscreen
• Wi-Fi

Laptops Direct currently has £10 off this black and white inkjet printer. It’s eligible for free delivery in most of the UK.

• Multi-function
• Mono inkjet
• 32ppm (pages per minute)
• 100,000-page warranty

There’s a chunk off this pocket-size smartphone printer from Canon. There’s also an optional bundle which comes with an ink and paper set.

• Mobile instant printer
• Wi-Fi
• Compatible with iOS & Android

As the name suggests, this MegaTank model from Canon is designed for those who need to do lots of printing. It can yield up to 18,000 pages from 3 black ink bottles or 7,700 pages from a colour set.

• Inkjet
• Wi-Fi
• Includes full set of ink

While it’s aimed at printing photos, the 7830 is an all-in-one printer that can also handle copy, scan and fax in a compact size.

• Inkjet
• Wi-Fi
• 4-months of Instant Ink