M2 MacBook Air 15-inch just got a $250 discount at Amazon and Best Buy

It’s pretty rare for a somewhat new Apple product to get a meaningful discount. And yet after its release last June, the M2 MacBook Air 15-inch saw several price drops. It all culminated with a huge sale around Black Friday, but then we saw this sleek new laptop climb back to its regular retail price last week.

If you missed out on the recent Black Friday MacBook Air and Pro sale, I have some great news. Right now, Amazon and Best Buy are offering a huge $250 discount that drops the 15-inch MacBook Air M2 price to just $1,049 in any of the four available colorways. That’s an incredible value for the best MacBook Air that Apple has ever made — and it’s also close to the all-time low price for this model.

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Rumors surrounding a new 15-inch MacBook Air swirled for years before Apple finally announced its new laptop in June 2023. And now that it’s here, I’m happy to report that it’s just as awesome as everyone hoped it would be.

As a MacBook user myself, I have to admit that this new Air model intrigued me from the first time I saw it. I’ve been using Apple laptops at my job for well over a decade, and I can’t imagine using anything else at this point.

I wasn’t exactly due for an upgrade since the older MacBook Pro I was using still works fine. But Apple’s new 15-inch MacBook Air M2 was definitely calling my name, and I couldn’t hold out anymore. I bought one while it was on sale for Black Friday, and I’m blown away by how fast it is. I also love the new, larger 15-inch display. My MacBook Pro had a 13-inch screen, so the extra real estate is much appreciated.

Do you want to see what all the fuss is about? The M2 MacBook Air 15-inch is currently on sale with a $250 discount. Of note, you can score this great discount at both Amazon and Best Buy.

This is one of Apple’s best laptops ever. You can read all about it in BGR’s in-depth MacBook Air 15-inch review.

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Apple’s hot new 15-inch MacBook Air is powered by Apple’s M2 chip. It’s the same processor that was found in the 13-inch MacBook Air from last year (some builds are currently $150 off at Best Buy).

The M2 version that powers the base-model 15-inch MacBook Air has an 8-core CPU alongside a 10-core GPU. It’s fast, powerful, and perhaps best of all, efficient. According to Apple, the 15-inch MacBook Air offers up to 18 hours of battery life on a single charge. That means many people can likely go two full days before they’ll have to recharge it.

Other specs include 8GB of unified RAM, 256GB or 512GB of SSD storage, a 1080p FaceTime camera, and Touch ID. Then, of course, we have the star of the show: A new 15.3-inch Liquid Retina Display with 2880-by-1864 pixel resolution and a notch at the top for the camera.

Despite the larger size, Apple’s new 15-inch MacBook Air only weighs 3.3 lbs. That definitely makes it portable enough to be worthy of the “Air” moniker.

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With a $250 discount thanks to Amazon’s current deal, you can pick up a 15-inch MacBook Air M2 for $1,049 instead of $1,299 if you get the 256GB model. The 512GB model also has a discount that cuts it to $1,249 from $1,499.

I think those are phenomenal prices for Apple’s best-ever MacBook Air model.

If you’re in search of something more compact and you don’t necessarily need Apple’s latest and greatest, there’s another deal you should check out.

The M1 MacBook Air was one of the first Mac computers to get an M-series chip. It’s also still one of the best, and it’s on sale at a deep discount.

That means you’ll pay $749.99 instead of $999 if you get an M1 MacBook Air right now at Amazon. It’s fast, light, and currently on sale at the lowest price ever. As a matter of fact, this is the best price of all time for any Apple laptop.

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You really can’t go wrong with either deal, so it’s a question of your budget and how much power you need. If all you plan to do is browse the web and stream movies, you can definitely get away with the cheaper M1 MacBook Air. At $749.99, you’ll save a good chunk of change compared to buying the newer 15-inch model.

However, if you plan to use your laptop for work, you might be better served by opting for the M2 MacBook Air 15-inch model. Apart from being faster and more powerful, you also get a much larger display.

It might not seem like 2 inches would make a big difference, but remember that those are diagonal inches. The jump up to the new model’s 15.3-inch display actually adds about 25% more screen real estate compared to the 13-inch M1 MacBook Air. Needless to say, that’s a big upgrade.

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