MacBook Air With M1 Chip is Just $599 at Walmart

In case you missed it, Walmart is currently offering the older but still very capable MacBook Air with the M1 chip for just $599 in the United States.

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It seems like this deal began around Amazon's four-day Prime Day event in early July, but it flew under our radar until a reader let us know about it today.

Apple first released the MacBook Air with the M1 chip in November 2020, as one of the first Macs with an Apple silicon chip, instead of an Intel processor. The configuration being sold for $599 includes the M1 chip, 256GB of storage, and 8GB of RAM, with Gold, Silver, and Space Gray color options all available as of this writing.

To the best of our knowledge, these MacBook Air units remain in brand-new condition, with the product listing not indicating they are refurbished.

Apple discontinued the MacBook Air with the M1 chip last year, after it launched models with the M3 chip, and it has since updated the MacBook Air with the M4 chip. Prior to being discontinued, the model with the M1 chip was being sold for a starting price of $999 brand new, but Amazon sometimes offered it on sale for $899.

While the MacBook Air with the M1 chip is nearly five years old, it is still a capable machine for many average day-to-day tasks. However, it has an older design, and it is the oldest MacBook Air model compatible with the upcoming macOS Tahoe update, so those aspects should be factored into your purchasing decision.

Walmart first began selling the MacBook Air with the M1 chip for $699 in March 2024. It has since dropped the price two times — first to $649, and now to $599. It is unclear how long supplies will last, but rumors suggest that Apple has a new MacBook with an A18 Pro chip in the pipeline, and that model is also predicted to cost between $599 and $699.

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Top Rated Comments

CalMin Avatar
7 weeks ago
People will scoff at 8GB, but my wife just wrote her first book on with this same configuration. I offered to give her my M3 Air and she much preferred the M1's form factor. The computer never slows for her - even though she somehow ends up with a gazillion browser tabs open!

Put short - this is a great computer for non-nerds. i.e. those people who just use a computer to get stuff done via email, web, MS Office, Photos etc.. M1 Apple silicon is still fast responsive and capable. Even with 'just' 8GB.
Score: 27 Votes (Like | Disagree)
JPack Avatar
7 weeks ago
For those wondering, these are brand new units, not excess stock. It would be ridiculous to believe Apple logistics are so bad, they have boatloads of these unsold.

M1 MBA is still being assembled and sold in developing markets.
Score: 23 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Vulkan Avatar
7 weeks ago
M1 Macs with less than 16gb of ram are going to have a hard time running Tahoe with all the animations and visual graphics improvements. My M1 MacBook Pro with 32 GB sometimes crawls with Tahoe's interface.
Score: 11 Votes (Like | Disagree)
dandyryan Avatar
7 weeks ago
am i the only one who prefers this tapered design? it feels a lot more "throwable" onto a bed and nicer to hold.
Score: 9 Votes (Like | Disagree)
WarmWinterHat Avatar
7 weeks ago

People will scoff at 8GB, but my wife just wrote her first book on with this same configuration. I offered to give her my M3 Air and she much preferred the M1's form factor. The computer never slows for her - even though she somehow ends up with a gazillion browser tabs open!

Put short - this is a great computer for non-nerds. i.e. those people who just use a computer to get stuff done via email, web, MS Office, Photos etc.. M1 Apple silicon is still fast responsive and capable. Even with 'just' 8GB.
I had a 16/512 variant that I sold earlier this year after buying my M4 MBP. In hindsight, I wish I had kept the Air...I also prefer the M1's form factor.

I can't tell any speed difference in day-to-day usage.
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)
CalMin Avatar
7 weeks ago

This is honestly not a good buy anymore, it’s just too old of a product…

I’m looking mainly at software support, in Tahoe, it’s the minimum supported MacBook Air!
Depends on what you use it for I suppose. I have family members rocking ~2012 era MacBooks because they need a machine for email and browsing. You know the ones... MacBook looks pristine in a case and a sleeve, with a keyboard cover who try to keep things forever by looking after them.

A $599 machine like this would last them years. They don't care about the latest software features at all.
Score: 7 Votes (Like | Disagree)