My top HP, Asus and Microsoft business laptops are up to £600 off at Currys — including powerful AI-ready models
THE SO WHAT
Discounted ‘AI-ready’ business laptops show OEMs using AI branding to clear inventory and reset the device baseline. For IT buyers, this is a window to standardize on local-acceleration hardware while budgets still look like routine refresh spend.
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