We're in the thick of Black Friday deals season, but this MacBook Air M1 deal is too good to miss. We love the 2020 MacBook Air, and I've personally been using it as often as any other laptop over the last year since it came out. You should not wait, we don't expect this (one of the best MacBook deals available) to last long.
Right now, you can get the Apple MacBook Air M1 on sale for $799 at Amazon! Just note that this deal is coming in and out of stock, so check a few times if you don't see it at first. That's a whole $200 off, but Amazon's a bit sneaky about this — you might not even see the deal for yourself. At first glance it only looks like it's $50 off, but upon further inspection, you'll see you can "save $149.01 at checkout," lowering the price much more. If you're in need more storage space, the 512GB model is also $150 off at Amazon.
This is the most-recent MacBook Air, and it features a super-sharp 13-inch 2,560 x 1600-pixel Retina display. The entry-level model features 8GB of RAM, Apple's 8-core M1 CPU, and a 256GB SSD — and it's all packed in a slim 2.8-pound chassis that's a bit more portable than the 2020 MacBook Pro (and the 2021 models too).
In my MacBook Air M1 review, I gave this model a near-perfect score thanks to its outstanding performance, comfortable keyboard design, HD webcam, and very long battery life. Yes, it's practically the same design as in years past, but its speed and endurance are fantastic.
This all makes the MacBook Air 2020 still one of the best laptops right now. The powerful M1 chip allowed the Air to score 5,962 on the Geekbench 5.1 (Intel) multicore test, which was practically in a dead-heat with the 5,925 from the M1 MacBook Pro. It also soundly beat the 5,084 from the ZenBook 13 and the 5,319 from the XPS 13 (both tested with the Intel Core i7-1165G7 CPU and 16GB of RAM), on the comparable Geekbench 5.2 test.
Overall, considering that deals on latest Apple's laptops are pretty rare, this deal is one you can't avoid. And in case you wanted to browse through other discounts on Apple devices, make sure to check out our Apple Black Friday deals coverage for the latest updates.