My Favorite MacBook Is Back Down to Its Lowest Ever Price for Prime Day
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Not only is the M4 MacBook Air the best MacBook for most people, but it's also the best laptop for them, as well. This is true even at its usual price of $999, but during Amazon's October Prime Day sale, you can get the M4 MacBook Air at an all-time low price of $799. That's a full $200 off the usual price, which makes this an even sweeter deal. This generation of MacBooks also gets 16GB RAM in the base variant, as opposed to the previous standard of 8GB of RAM. That means it's no longer underpowered for multitasking workloads, and it should work well for years to come.
M4 MacBook Air (2025) The best laptop for most people. $799.00 at Amazon $999.00 Save $200.00 Get Deal
Get Deal $799.00 at Amazon $999.00 Save $200.00 I say this as someone who has been using the M1 MacBook Air as his primary laptop for over two years. My only regret is that at the time of purchase, I couldn't stretch my budget to get the 16GB RAM model. Since my work involves installing many apps, and, sometimes, running them all at once, the 8GB RAM on my MacBook has felt like a bottleneck. You won't face any of those issues with the M4 MacBook Air, which has a vastly superior processor and double the RAM compared to my MacBook.
With the M4 MacBook Air, you'll get great performance, excellent battery life, and a thin and light laptop. The base model comes with 256GB of internal storage.That's worked well enough for me, since I keep most of my photos on my iPhone, but it may not be enough for some people. If you are among them, this deal extends to other variants of the M4 MacBook Air too. You can get $200 off all available models of this laptop during Prime Day. That puts the model with 16GB RAM and 512GB storage at $999, and the 24GB RAM/512GB storage model at $1,199. The base variant is the best deal at the moment, since you get 20% off on that, but if you need more RAM or storage, you can still save quite a bit here.
Looking for something else? Retailers like Walmart and Best Buy have Prime Day competition sales that are especially useful if you don't have Amazon Prime.
Walmart's Prime Day competition sale runs from Oct. 6 at 7 p.m. ET through Oct. 12 and includes deals up to 50% off. It's an especially good option if you have Walmart+.
Best Buy's Prime Day competition sale runs from Sept. 27 through Oct. 12, and has some of the best tech sales online. It's an especially good option if you're a My Best Buy Plus" or Total" member.
Target's Prime Day competition sale runs from Oct. 5 through Oct. 11, and it has deals going up to 50% off. You can become a Circle member for free.