While Black Friday is mostly a time for buying gifts for the holidays, it’s also a great time to buy gear you’ll need for school at a huge discount.  Items such as laptops, backpacks and software all see some nice discounts on this huge shopping day.   We’ve scoured the web for some of the great deals you can score out there!

The Dell Vostro A860 is a budget business notebook that has a 15.6″ screen, but it can also serve well as a school laptop for students on a budget.  This laptop starts at a mere $349 with a Celeron processor, 1GB of memory and a 120GB hard drive.

Lenovo ThinkPads are certainly associated with the business types, but they’re so well built and reliable that they fit a students needs from a practical standpoint.  Ok, so they may not be the prettiest laptops out there, but they will last you for four years of school  You can get a discount on ThinkPads right now by using code USPBLACKFRIDAY at checkout on Lenovo.com.

Use code USPBLACKFRIDAY to save 15% off the ThinkPad R500, R400, T400, T500, W500, X200 notebooks.  Just configure the price above $799.00 to get this discount, then at checkout enter coupon code USPBLACKFRIDAY.  Coupon code works on the laptops below:

• Lenovo ThinkPad T500
• Lenovo ThinkPad T400
• Lenovo ThinkPad R400
• Lenovo ThinkPad W500
• Lenovo ThinkPad X200

HP makes the perfect gear for students, especially with the Tablet tx2500z notebook and new TX2 TouchSmart notebook.  Right now the HP Home Store has a $30 off coupon code good for anything on the HP site that’s over $150.  This code also works on software and other goods available on HP.com

• Use code SV2132 to save $30 off any $150.00+ HP product

HP also has many other offers running for the Thanksgiving holiday that will save you money:

• Free shipping + instant savings + free memory upgrades on laptops starting at $449
• Save up to $638 on desktops
• Save up to 50% on HP printers and All-in-ones
• Save up to $200 on Laptop and desktop value bundles
• Save up to 20% off other accessories, including handhelds, photo frames, scanners and more

Below are some of my favorite laptops from HP that they offer to students:

• HP Pavilion dv5t customizable Notebook PC
• HP Pavilion dv5z Customizable Notebook PC
• HP Pavilion Entertainment dv4t Notebook PC
• HP Pavilion tx2500z Customizable Notebook PC
• HP Mini 1000 netbook
  

Sony has some super stylish laptops that will help you get work done and look pretty suave doing it at the same time.  Two of my favorite laptops from Sony, the VAIO CS and VAIO FW, have coupon codes available to score a discount with right now.  Just use coupon code BLACKFRIDAYVAIOFW to get $200 off the Sony VAIO VGN FW or use coupon code BLACKFRIDAYVAIOCS to save $250 off of the Sony VAIO CS 14.1″ screen notebook.  These coupons last one day only on the 28th, so get it while you can!

BestBuy has the Apple MacBook white colored edition for a mere $899 after $100 Black Friday discount.  That’s just a really great price for an Apple notebook, and you know for certain you’ll fit right in with all the other students using their notebook around campus if you get this!