Today’s best deals: Apple MacBook Air, Apple Watch, Mac mini, Amazon Kindle
Enlarge / Amazon's entry-level Kindle doesn't have all the features of the pricier Kindle Paperwhite, but it's a good choice for those who want a quality e-reader for as little money as possible. (credit: Andrew Cunningham)
Today's best deals feature Amazon's two best entry-level tablets, the Kindle and Kindle Paperwhite, as well as Apple's MacBook Air and Mac Mini, all matching their record-low prices. The second-generation Apple Watch SE is also on sale, matching its lowest tracked price and adding even more value to the best fitness tracker for most people. As always, we use tracking sites like CamelCamelCamel and Keepa to compare current sale prices to the typical street price to ensure the sales we find are good deals, too.
Apple Mac mini with M2 Pro for $1,249 ($1,300)This Mac mini is among the highest-end minis from Apple, and therefore it seldom sees discounts. Equipped with 512GB of storage, 16GB RAM, and Apple's M2 Pro system-on-a-chip, this model is well-equipped to satisfy creatives. As we noted in our review, it fills the gap well between the lowest-end Mac Studio and the previous-generation M1-equipped Mac mini. The $50 discount matches the lowest price we've tracked on the M2 Pro-equipped Mac mini.
Open up the MacBook Air, and it looks quite a bit like the 14-inch MacBook Pro from this angle. (credit: Samuel Axon)
Apple MacBook Air for $1,049 ($1,200)The MacBook Air is the best Mac laptop for most types of users. Especially with this M2 chip with eight CPU cores, it has closed the performance gap for most users, and it's more powerful than some desktop computers.