# @pcmag on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2025-07-10T13:30:19.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** PCMag (@pcmag) — https://gondola.cc/pcmag

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Now available for just $849 during Amazon Prime Day, the newest MacBook Air is a surprisingly aggressive deal from Apple. That price makes it one of the best deals in laptops, period.

When this laptop debuted, Apple would have easily earned its Editors’ Choice honor with its new $999 base price alone, but combining it with a bump from 8GB to 16GB of starting memory made it a lock-in.

As a singular system, the MacBook Air leaves almost nothing to be desired for me. The only areas in which I could consider the MacBook Air flawed are in what it's missing compared to Windows-based laptops of a similar price. Those key missing features include a few more ports and an OLED screen. (The MacBook Air has a gorgeous screen, but it still can't hold a candle to an OLED.) On the flip side, those OLED-based Windows laptops rarely, if ever, come with the same level or breadth of free productivity software that Macs do.

Given its size and fanless design, the M4 MacBook Air is also capable of some rather intense tasks. These include media editing, locally run AI models, and even computer gaming. Gaming isn't one of its strengths, but that's expected.

As shocked as I am by this deal, I don't see the MacBook Air price getting any lower than this during the holiday shopping rush, especially with the M1 MacBook Air still at just $649 at Walmart. Whether you're ready to learn the ins and outs of macOS for such a steal of a price, or have coveted a MacBook for a long time, this is an excellent time to jump in.

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