This laptop is powered by a processor that was discontinued when Obama was president, but for $49, you can use it as a doorstop in a pinch

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This laptop is powered by a processor that was discontinued when Obama was president, but for $49, you can use it as a doorstop in a pinch Deals By John Loeffler published 20 November 2025

This Dell Chromebook 3120 isn't going to perform all that well, but for the price, you can surely use it for *something*

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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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While Walmart's Black Friday deals have yet to officially launch, you're not going to find anything next week that beats this laptop on price. There's just no way that's possible.

This is a firesale offer. Walmart warehouse workers undoubtedly lifted up a couple of boxes in the back and found a pallet of these bad boys sitting untouched since Millennials were cool and their boss told them to get rid of them to make space for some dumpsters. Someone had the bright idea to actually try to sell these, and their desperation to clear out warehouse space is your lucky day.

Today's best Dell Chromebook 3120 Black Friday deal

Dell Chromebook 3120: was US$57 now US$49 at Walmart

Look, don't think about this one too hard. It's $49, brand new. I can open up a Chrome tab and stream Netflix, and possibly run Slack through the browser. You won't get much else out of its decade-plus-old processor and you won't be able to save much to its 16GB eMMC storage, but it's $49. You'll find some use for it, right?

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This Dell Chromebook 3120 is a fairly old model with a very outdated processor that Intel stopped making all the way back in 2014, and with just 16GB eMMC storage and 4GB of low-powered DDR3 memory, there are smartwatches that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

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• Dell: laptop deals from $249.99
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• 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
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