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Save Up to $300 on Microsoft’s Surface Laptop 5 in Limited-Time Best Buy Sale

Nab the latest model in the Surface Laptop lineup at a huge discount.

Microsoft makes plenty of Windows laptops for those wanting to keep everything in one ecosystem. And right now, Best Buy is giving you the opportunity to save as much as $300 on Microsoft’s latest Surface Laptop 5, with discounts across a variety of configurations for a limited time. The entry-level model is down to $900, a $100 price cut, with higher-spec and larger screen variants seeing even greater savings.

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In our Surface Laptop 5 review, CNET’s Lori Grunin found the machine to be a solid, if unremarkable, laptop for most folks. It provides a decent option for those not needing to spend over the odds on a flashy or super-powerful machine, while being able to handle all of the day-to-day computing needs of an average PC user.

The models on sale include both 13.5- and 15-inch variants to suit your size preference, as well as a mix of internal specifications. Cheaper models sport an Intel i5 processor, with better i7 processors available for a little more cash. RAM starts at 8GB and can be configured as high as 32GB on the larger model, with solid-state storage ranging from 256GB to 1TB.

Both sizes offer a touchscreen and support Dolby Vision IQ picture quality and Dolby Atmos audio, so it’s great for streaming shows and movies. The Surface Laptop 5 comes with Windows 11 installed and is designed to handle Xbox cloud gaming right out of the box, though an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription is sold separately. And you can expect battery life of up to 18 hours with mixed usage (we managed to get just under 10 hours out of it in our streaming video testing).

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Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for April 20, #679

Hints and answers for Connections for April 20, #679, Easter Sunday.

Looking for the most recent Connections answers? Click here for today’s Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles.

Happy Easter! Whether or not you celebrate, you probably recognized quite a few words related to the holiday in today’s Connections puzzle. But you also knew it couldn’t be quite that easy — those words all had other groupings. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.

The Times now has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. Players who are registered with the Times Games section can now nerd out by following their progress, including number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak.

Read more: Hints, Tips and Strategies to Help You Win at NYT Connections Every Time

Hints for today’s Connections groups

Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group, to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.

Yellow group hint: Did you see that?

Green group hint: Hippie-style top.

Blue group hint: Sidewalks have them.

Purple group hint: Yes, the Easter bunny does this.