SAVE UP TO 12%: As of Oct. 20, Amazon has select configurations of the M5 Apple MacBook Air on sale for $150 off, with prices starting at $1,149 (normally $1,299).
Apple will probably announce its first MacBook Pro with an OLED touchscreen at a hardware event next week, and we expect it to be a pricey premium laptop geared toward power users. If you’re more of a casual, everyday user who doesn’t do a lot of video editing or programming, we highly recommend the existing M5 MacBook Air — which happens to be on sale right now.
Select configurations of Apple’s ultraportable are $150 off on Amazon, including most variants of the 13-inch size and a silver 15-inch model with 16GB of RAM and 1TB of storage. Best Buy is matching Amazon’s deals on the 13-inch ones, but not the 15-incher.
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This MacBook Air deal isn’t quite as good as the one Amazon was offering during this month’s Prime Big Deal Days sale, its “October Prime Day” event, which saved shoppers a full $200. Still, they’re welcome in the wake of Apple’s MacBook price hikes earlier this summer. (FWIW, that $200 discount probably won’t return until Black Friday in late November.)
In his review of the M5 MacBook Air, Mashable tech editor Timothy Beck Werth said it offers “fantastic performance for the value” and has “all the premium features you expect in a modern MacBook.” That includes a haptic touchpad, colorful display, sharp 12MP webcam, and superb speakers. Werth ultimately rated it at 4.6/5, which earned it a Mashable Choice Award.