Dell Venue 8 Pro tablet Black Friday deals are in town and Amazon.com is offering the 8.1-inch slate for $229 this week. In what seems like a trend for some retailers, many outlets both online and off well ahead of the biggest shopping day of the year.

The online retail giant kicked off its Black Friday week with a number of huge discounts on some items, including Windows 8 and 8.1 devices, according to Neowin.

The Dell Venue 8 Pro deal they’re offering is one of the best deals today for the device, where it slashed off $70 from its original $299 price tag.

According to Neowin, other Windows 8 notebooks and ultrabooks for sale at Amazon include the Dell XPS 12 notebook-tablet hybird for $679.99 ($320 saving) and the Samsung ATIV Book 5 14 inch touchscreen for $599.99 ($300 saving). The online store is also offering the Lenovo IdeaPad 11.6-inch touchscreen for $299.99, representing a $120 price cut.

The Dell Pro 8 Tablet also known as the Venue 8 Pro has been getting positive reviews all over the web reports Zdnet.com. Compared to Google Nexus 7 and Kindle HDX which are premium 7-inch tablets, the Dell Pro 8 which runs Windows 8.1 proved to be the better of the 3. The added 1 inch of screen real estate comes in very handy when you have to read emails, books or news while still managing to remain comfortable in the hand.

The Windows 8.1 it runs on reduced the minimum resolution and screen size so that the OS could run on Microsoft-certified devices. It also has increased app-snapping options, which has made the brilliantly clear 1280 by 800 IPS display easily usable.