Amazon pulled a fast one and dropped the price of Apple's incredibly thin and ultra-powerful MacBook Air M1 to a record-low price for Prime Day.
Key Specs
| Weight | 2.8 pounds |
|---|---|
| Display | 13.3-inch Retina (400 nits) |
| Processor | 8-Core M1 |
| GPU | 7-Core |
| Memory | 8 GB unified |
| Storage | 256 GB SSD |
The MacBook Air — which normally retails for $999 — is on sale for $750, making it a fantastic buy for college students or really anyone in the market for a new laptop.
This 25% discount applies to all three colors: Silver, Space Gray, and the lux-looking Gold, with an estimated delivery date of July 11 for Amazon Prime members.
Although the MacBook Air M1 isn't Apple's latest MacBook Air laptop, it’s still an excellent buy, especially for this sale price. That’s because it’s powered by an incredibly powerful and reliable processor — which is 98% faster than most laptops.
Specs for the laptop include 8GB of RAM, a 256GB solid-state drive, two Thunderbolt 4 ports, and one 3.5mm headphone jack. The M1 processor is much faster than Intel processors that were featured in past iterations of the MacBook Air, and its battery life is better than any laptop I’ve used in my almost 10 years of reviewing technology.
The MacBook Air packs an incredibly responsive trackpad, a comfortable keyboard, and a vibrant 13-inch display that's perfect for graphic design, writing text, or watching videos. It's quiet and has no issues juggling multiple tabs simultaneously or switching between power-intensive apps like Adobe's Creative Cloud suite.
At its thickest point, the MacBook Air is just 0.63 inches and it weighs 2.8 pounds, so it's easy to travel with. Really, the biggest downfall is that it packs a slightly grainier-than-average 720p webcam and it doesn't have the new MagSafe charging connector, which is featured on the newer M2 model.
If you’re a student or a casual user who needs a solid laptop that’s priced well under $1,000, I can confidently say that this MacBook Air deal is likely the best one to come out of Amazon’s Prime Day sale. Simply put, it’s faster, more compact, and better designed than the competition.
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Brandon Carte has been covering technology at BestProducts.com since 2017, where he's been writing about the latest gadgets, appliances, and scouring the internet for the products that make life easier. His reporting has been featured on TopTenReviews.com, Good Housekeeping and USA Today. When he's not researching washing machines or testing robot vacuums, you can find him at concerts, swimming laps, or at the movies. He thinks smartphones are too big, prefers MP3s to Spotify, and misses his iPhone’s headphone jack.
