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Microsoft is offering hundreds of dollars off PCs from HP, Dell, Alienware, Lenovo and more

To celebrate Pi Day (3/14), Microsoft is offering 31.4% off select Dell notebooks - but the company is also offering plenty of other discounts on a wide range of other PCs from various manufacturers as part of its Spring Sale promotion.

Some of the devices available feature older hardware, including 4th- and 5th-generation Intel Core i-series processors - but many of the desktops and laptops included in the promotion feature the latest 6th-gen 'Skylake' chips from Intel.

Here are just a few highlights of some of the best offers currently available:

Alienware Echo 13 R2 notebook
| usually $1,749.99
| now $1,499
| $250.99 off

  • 13.3-inch Quad HD+ touchscreen
  • Intel Core i7-6500U processor (Skylake)
  • 16GB RAM
  • 256GB SSD
  • USB 3.1 Type-C port
  • NVIDIA GTX-960M graphics

Dell XPS 12 9250 2-in-1
| usually $1,299
| now from $1,099
| $200 off

  • 12.5-inch 4K Ultra HD touchscreen
  • Intel Core m5-6Y54 processor (Skylake)
  • 16GB RAM
  • 256GB SSD
  • 2 x USB 3.1 Type-C with Thunderbolt

Dell XPS 8900 desktop
| usually $1,499
| now $999
| $500 off

  • 15.6-inch Full HD touchscreen
  • Intel Core i7-6700K processor (Skylake)
  • 16GB RAM
  • 32GB SSD + 1TB HDD
  • 6 x USB 3.0; 4 x USB 2.0 ports
  • NVIDIA GTX-745 graphics

Acer Aspire V 15 Nitro notebook
| usually $1,499
| now $999
| $500 off

  • 15.6-inch Full HD touchscreen
  • Intel Core i7-6500U processor (Skylake)
  • 16GB RAM
  • 256GB SSD + 1TB HDD
  • USB 3.1 Type-C port
  • NVIDIA GTX-950M graphics

HP ENVY Curved 34 A051
| usually $2,099
| now $1,949
| $150 off

  • 34-inch Curved WQHD display
  • Intel Core i7-6700T processor (Skylake)
  • 12GB RAM
  • 128GB SSD + 1TB HDD
  • 4 x USB 3.0; 2 x USB 2.0 ports
  • Windows Hello facial recognition
  • NVIDIA GTX-745 graphics

Toshiba Satellite Radius 12
| usually $1,499.99
| now $1,199
| $300.99 off

  • 12.5-inch 4K Ultra HD touchscreen
  • Intel Core i7-6500U processor (Skylake)
  • 8GB RAM
  • 512GB SSD
  • USB 3.1 Type-C port
  • Windows Hello facial recognition
  • NVIDIA GTX-745 graphics

Those are just a few examples - there are plenty of others to pick from over on the Microsoft Store.

Many of the discounts began today, and will remain available through to March 27 - but with a frustrating lack of consistency, several of the devices have no end-dates listed for the deals.

The Lenovo Ideacentre AIO 700-27ISH is a particularly unhelpful example, featuring two sets of start- and end-dates with no indication of which offer each set applies to.

Still, despite the sloppy small print, there are clearly plenty of opportunities to save on a wide selection of devices - and it's worth remembering too that all PCs sold via the Microsoft Store are 'Signature Edition', which means they'll be free from pre-installed bloatware.

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