Deals: Get Apple's M1 MacBook Air at the Lowest Prices Ever Seen, Starting at $849.99 for 256GB ($149 Off) - MacRumors
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Deals: Get Apple's M1 MacBook Air at the Lowest Prices Ever Seen, Starting at $849.99 for 256GB ($149 Off)

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Amazon today has the 256GB M1 MacBook Air for $849.99, down from an original price of $999.00. This price is available in Silver and Gold, but only Gold is available to ship out today.

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Amazon's sale today is a match of the previous low price on this model of the M1 MacBook Air, and the first time we've tracked this discount in the fall. Only Amazon has the notebook at this price as of writing.

$149 OFF
M1 MacBook Air (256GB) for $849.99

Likewise, the 512GB version of the M1 MacBook Air is seeing a notable discount to $1,099.99, down from $1,249.00. This is a record low price for the notebook, and it's available in Gold and Space Gray.

$149 OFF
M1 MacBook Air (512GB) for $1,099.99

You can find even more discounts on other MacBooks by visiting our Best Deals guide for MacBook Pro and MacBook Air. In this guide we track the steepest discounts for the newest MacBook models every week, so be sure to bookmark it and check back often if you're shopping for a new Apple notebook.

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Top Rated Comments

Mr. Dee Avatar
Mr. Dee
64 months ago
I need to post my one year review of my M1 MacBook Pro. Still an excellent purchase a year later. In fact, I was planning on pulling the trigger on a Surface Laptop Studio, but decided it’s just not needed. Besides, I got a work assigned Dell for that. The M1’s battery life remains impressive, hasn’t gotten slow, and crushes anything I throw at it. I also feel like Chrome has finally met it’s match. 😄 As for what’s next, I am sure it will be a power house. But not looking at another Mac until probably the second generation larger screen iMac.
Score: 10 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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jerryk
64 months ago

256 GB… what a joke. All of my projects range in the 14-20 GB storage, I would need many external drives just to work on a regular week.

And no, the cloud is not an option, just a back up for me. Try going out to the field and waiting for files to download at 2G or 3G speeds, or no internet at all.
Then buy the 512 GB model Air. It is also on sale.

Or buy a Pro 13 and add storage.

Or wait until the 14 and 16" models come out and buy one of those.

Lots of options other than the base configuration Air listed in the article.

As someone who moved from the 16" MBP with 32 GB and 1 TB drive to the base Air, I can say I have no regrets and enjoy using the Air more than I did the 16" MBP.
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
dogslobber Avatar
dogslobber
64 months ago

256 GB… what a joke. All of my projects range in the 14-20 GB storage, I would need many external drives just to work on a regular week.
You sound like a power user who needs the extra storage. Most folk probably aren't experts like you so just need a regular amount of storage.
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
k1121j Avatar
k1121j
64 months ago
Waiting for one that supports two monitors
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
C-Dubs Avatar
C-Dubs
64 months ago
I'm guessing that MacRumors isn't a Costco member. This is the exact same deal that Costco had just a month ago, that's how I snagged the base model for a trip. Add in the executive discount, and I actually saved more....
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
sw1tcher Avatar
sw1tcher
64 months ago

256 GB… what a joke. All of my projects range in the 14-20 GB storage, I would need many external drives just to work on a regular week.
Not everyone needs a lot of storage space. Personally, I'd rather have more than 8GB of RAM, but paying $350 more to do a BTO for a MBA with 16GB seems like such a rip off.
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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