Apple's M4 MacBook Air Got a Price Cut

The new M4 MacBook Air models that Apple announced today are a better deal than ever, with pricing that starts at $999. That's $100 less than the previous $1,099 starting price for the prior-generation M3 ‌MacBook Air‌ models.

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Before today, Apple sold the M3 ‌MacBook Air‌ starting at $1,099, and the prior-generation M2 ‌MacBook Air‌ starting at $999, but both of those models have been discontinued and now Apple only has the M4 ‌MacBook Air‌ models available. Here are the base configurations and price points.

13-inch model:

  • $999 - 10-core CPU, 8-core GPU, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD.
  • $1,199 - 10-core CPU, 10-core GPU, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD.
  • $1,399 - 10-core CPU, 10-core GPU, 24GB RAM, 512GB SSD.

15-inch model:

  • $1,199 - 10-core CPU, 10-core GPU, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD.
  • $1,399 - 10-core CPU, 10-core GPU, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD.
  • $1,599 - 10-core CPU, 10-core GPU, 24GB RAM, 512GB SSD.

As noted in the pricing above, while $999 is the starting price for the 13-inch model, the next move up to the 13-inch model with a 10-core GPU is priced at $1,199, with no $1,099 model available for purchase. The 15-inch model continues to start at $1,199, the same as the M3 version, and there is no version with an 8-core GPU available.

The base ‌MacBook Air‌ models that Apple offers can be customized with upgraded memory and SSD storage, with up to 32GB of unified memory and 2TB of storage as options.

Pre-orders for the ‌MacBook Air‌ models are available starting today, with a launch to follow on March 12.

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Top Rated Comments

Apple Knowledge Navigator Avatar
8 months ago
A price cut… “from a certain point of view”. We’ve been Obi-Wan’d.

The Air was 999 for a long time and only increased to 1,099 to accommodate the lower spec model. So really, its priced back to where it should be!
Score: 20 Votes (Like | Disagree)
MikeSmoke Avatar
8 months ago
$999 for the M4 Air base model is a killer deal. Plain and simple.
Score: 11 Votes (Like | Disagree)
jz0309 Avatar
8 months ago
Of course people are complaining about this here …
Score: 10 Votes (Like | Disagree)
sw1tcher Avatar
8 months ago

It’s nice to finally get more RAM as standard but I wish they would include bigger hard drives. $200 to go from 512 to 1GB is ridiculous.
Not as ridiculous as the $200 to go from 256GB to 512GB. That's $100 per 128GB whereas the $200 price to go from 512GB to 1TB is only $50 per 128GB
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)
DanneP Avatar
8 months ago
No price cut here in Sweden. We are paying about $1463 for a base M4 13” (including sales tax or VAT or what you wanna call it).
Score: 7 Votes (Like | Disagree)
AvgMrcl Avatar
8 months ago
You can get one for 1099 if you upgrade only the processor btw.
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)