Amazon Takes $150 Off Every M5 MacBook Air, Starting at $949

[MacRumors]

Last month, Amazon introduced a few new discounts on the M5 MacBook Air and these deals have expanded this week, with every model of the new computer on sale at record low prices. You can get the 512GB 13-inch M5 MacBook Air for $949.00, down from $1,099.00, available in all colors.

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You'll find $150 off every model of the M5 MacBook Air on Amazon, with free delivery around May 7-8 for most models. In terms of other 13-inch models, Amazon also has the 24GB/1TB model for $1,349.00, down from $1,499.00. Both of these represent a match for the record low prices for each configuration.

13-inch M5 MacBook Air (512GB) for $949.00 ($150 OFF)​

13-inch M5 MacBook Air (16GB/1TB) for $1,149.00 ($150 OFF)​

13-inch M5 MacBook Air (24GB/1TB) for $1,349.00 ($150 OFF)​

Regarding the 15-inch models, you'll also find $150 off the M5 MacBook Air, with multiple color options on sale for each configuration. Prices start at $1,149.00 for the 512GB model, down from $1,299.00, and also include both 1TB models on sale.

15-inch M5 MacBook Air (512GB) for $1,149.00 ($150 OFF)​

15-inch M5 MacBook Air (16GB/1TB) for $1,349.00 ($150 OFF)​

15-inch M5 MacBook Air (24GB/1TB) for $1,549.00 ($150 OFF)​

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[turbineseaplane]

I'm amazed by these continual deals, given our current moment.

Are all these configs unattractive?
Everyone just hanging on to what they have?

I don't understand.

Perhaps the Air demand is evaporating into the Neo or folks bumping up to the Pros?

The 15" MBA, of course, being its own animal.

 

[Corefile]

Apple should rename the Air to the Macbook Neo Air Pro to shift this NOS.

 

[drunkaviator]

I'm amazed by these continual deals, given our current moment.

Are all these configs unattractive?
Everyone just hanging on to what they have?

I don't understand.

Perhaps the Air demand is evaporating into the Neo or folks bumping up to the Pros?

The 15" MBA, of course, being its own animal.

It's the same here 10% off of every config across all the Air and Pro models...not that I'm complaining. I can't imagine they'll be discounted much more, and I wouldn't put it past Apple increasing prices of existing models, or removing base options as soon as next month.

 

[Adelphos33]

I'm amazed by these continual deals, given our current moment.

Are all these configs unattractive?
Everyone just hanging on to what they have?

I don't understand.

Perhaps the Air demand is evaporating into the Neo or folks bumping up to the Pros?

The 15" MBA, of course, being its own animal.

Apple prioritizes MacBook Air and Pro above all other Macs, and they gain market share through these Amazon sales. They’ve been doing it for a year or two now

 

[turbineseaplane]

Apple prioritizes MacBook Air and Pro above all other Macs, and they gain market share through these Amazon sales. They’ve been doing it for a year or two now

Sure, I guess .. it still seems like these sales have been just relentless.
It's very much giving the impression that product is moving a little slower than usual.

 

[CalMin]

Apple prioritizes MacBook Air and Pro above all other Macs, and they gain market share through these Amazon sales. They’ve been doing it for a year or two now

I suspect that the margins in these are so much higher than the Neo. It probably costs the same to screw it together, and the components can’t be that much more expensive at volume.

 

[turbineseaplane]

I suspect that the margins in these are so much higher than the Neo. It probably costs the same to screw it together, and the components can’t be that much more expensive at volume.

It's really incredible to think about the margins on the MBA when they get spec'd up.

(obviously the current pricing realities have changed that a bit, but still).

A base MBA 13" M5 (16/512/10c/10c) at $1200 MSRP can get to $2700!!! when loaded up (32gb/4tb/10c/10c)

It's the same "everything" other than RAM & SSD and the cost more than doubles.

The component speccing is quite clearly where all the juicy margin for Apple lives.

It's very conflicting as a user who does care a bit about value, in that you get HAMMERED when you try to resell or trade in anything other than base spec models.

 

[oneMadRssn]

It's really incredible to think about the margins on the MBA when they get spec'd up.

(obviously the current pricing realities have changed that a bit, but still).

A base MBA 13" M5 (16/512/10c/10c) at $1200 MSRP can get to $2700!!! when loaded up (32gb/4tb/10c/10c)

It's the same "everything" other than RAM & SSD and the cost more than doubles.

The component speccing is quite clearly where all the juicy margin for Apple lives.

It's very conflicting as a user who does care a bit about value, in that you get HAMMERED when you try to resell or trade in anything other than base spec models.

The flip side of that is you can score an amazing deal if you’re willing to buy lightly used.

I find with laptops for personal home use, I never need the latest and greatest. Buying one generation old is totally fine, and well worth it for the savings.

 

[turbineseaplane]

The flip side of that is you can score an amazing deal if you’re willing to buy lightly used.

I find with laptops for personal home use, I never need the latest and greatest. Buying one generation old is totally fine, and well worth it for the savings.

Completely agree with you!

I've done a full blown exploration of the M5's (some buys, returns and resales) and I'm currently on the hunt for a good deal on an M4 15" MBA, for value, but also because I'd like to stay on Sequoia for awhile I've decided.

This is while typing on my 2015" 15" MBP on Sequoia again.
It's still stunningly capable for general use (with the NVMe upgrade I did).

 

[jouster]

It's really incredible to think about the margins on the MBA when they get spec'd up.

(obviously the current pricing realities have changed that a bit, but still).

A base MBA 13" M5 (16/512/10c/10c) at $1200 MSRP can get to $2700!!! when loaded up (32gb/4tb/10c/10c)

It's the same "everything" other than RAM & SSD and the cost more than doubles.
[...]

The margins really are quite something. I have no evidence, but I'm guessing that the vast majority of folks in the market for a $2700 Apple laptop are going for a Pro.

 

[Adelphos33]

Sure, I guess .. it still seems like these sales have been just relentless.
It's very much giving the impression that product is moving a little slower than usual.

I wouldn't assume that. MacBook Air is Apple's most popular Mac, and it has been on sale for $100 to $200 consistently on Amazon for over a year. Mac sales are up, in large part due to the Air (the Neo is more of a new thing). It just seems like it is part of their strategy

 

[Adelphos33]

It's very conflicting as a user who does care a bit about value, in that you get HAMMERED when you try to resell or trade in anything other than base spec models.

With base models moving up to 16GB of ram for most of the Macs, plus the growth in online storage (which most people end up paying for anyway) and even the bump of in the base storage, I struggle to see why the average user should buy anything but the base model of these computers by now. You get nothing for resale or trade in value for the money you spend bumping up specs these days. Just get the base models and use until they get obsolete, then repeat

 

[jsavvy]

I’m surprised by the constant sales as well. Years ago finding a true sale on a new Mac seemed nearly impossible.

 

[jouster]

With base models moving up to 16GB of ram for most of the Macs, plus the growth in online storage (which most people end up paying for anyway) and even the bump of in the base storage, I struggle to see why the average user should buy anything but the base model of these computers by now. You get nothing for resale or trade in value for the money you spend bumping up specs these days. Just get the base models and use until they get obsolete, then repeat

Absolutely this. I have been a base model buyer for three of my last four Macs: an M2 Mini and an Air for each of my two kids. None of us does anything that can't be handled by an external SSD, especially given Apple's extremely high storage prices.

The exception was my Neo. But I chose the 512GB model for TouchID, not the larger drive.

 

[turbineseaplane]

With base models moving up to 16GB of ram for most of the Macs, plus the growth in online storage (which most people end up paying for anyway) and even the bump of in the base storage, I struggle to see why the average user should buy anything but the base model of these computers by now. You get nothing for resale or trade in value for the money you spend bumping up specs these days. Just get the base models and use until they get obsolete, then repeat

Just depends upon definitions of things like "average".

I keep a ton of files locally, so storage is always something I want lots of.

(large downloads, taking a whole bunch of content with me on a trip on a laptop, my full local music library always with me in full quality, etc)...and I dislike having to attach anything external when traveling with my laptop.

I don't do a ton of content creation and no AI stuff, so I'm "average" in that sense and can get by with most any CPU in the last decade, but I'm also nerdy and do old school power user things.

This is partially why I can get by fine on older machines with lots of storage (like this 2015 15" I'm typing on right now).

 

[PBG4 Dude]

I’m surprised by the constant sales as well. Years ago finding a true sale on a new Mac seemed nearly impossible.

Yeah I remember pre-iPhone days where the best Mac deal you could expect on a new Mac was 5 bucks off at MacMall.

Refurbs used to be more special though. I got my late 2008 MBP for $650 less on the refurb site the day after the early 2009 MBPs were announced. That $650 off was on the base $1,999 model too.

 

[turbineseaplane]

Yeah I remember pre-iPhone days where the best Mac deal you could expect on a new Mac was 5 bucks off at MacMall.

Refurbs used to be more special though. I got my late 2008 MBP for $650 less on the refurb site the day after the early 2009 MBPs were announced. That $650 off was on the base $1,999 model too.

It's very formulaic now, I agree.
There are also some straight up odd deals on there (ripoffs).

I've seen them cycling through some M2 and M3 Macbooks for really not good pricing at all.

 

[CalMin]

It's really incredible to think about the margins on the MBA when they get spec'd up.

(obviously the current pricing realities have changed that a bit, but still).

A base MBA 13" M5 (16/512/10c/10c) at $1200 MSRP can get to $2700!!! when loaded up (32gb/4tb/10c/10c)

It's the same "everything" other than RAM & SSD and the cost more than doubles.

The component speccing is quite clearly where all the juicy margin for Apple lives.

It's very conflicting as a user who does care a bit about value, in that you get HAMMERED when you try to resell or trade in anything other than base spec models.

Agree. Literally the only reason to spec up a MacBook is if you're going to use the specs TODAY not some day in the future.

Buying any tech with resale in mind is doing it wrong. We enjoy decent resale on Apple stuff, but no-one should ever think of better specs as investments, because at Apple pricing it will rarely work out that way.

if you know you're always going to want the latest tech, your advice is spot on. Buy the base spec. and upgrade often to recover as much of the cost as possible. And avoid trade-ins.

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For example, I bought a 1TB iPhone 15, but I need the space because I use it to record a 1-hour long 4K video for my Podcast. Trade-in value = 🤬

I bought a refurb M4 15" MBA with 32GB and 2TB for LLM use and video-editing. Trade-in value = 🤪

But I do use those specs and tend to keep things that are specced right for a very long time because my needs don't change very often.

 

[fzJNotIBOxgnbqejSeVCvJScL]

The basic configuration 13-inch MBA is more than good enough for most people. You really don't need anything extra, maybe SSD storage to 1Tb if you really need (not want) it.

Think of it as the more premium Neo. Something about the Neo that is a definite dealbreaker for you, and you aren't turned off by the price difference between the MBA and Neo.

 

[icwhatudidthere]

Microcenter has Airs for 15% off and has decent specced models available. Just picked one up for Mother’s Day to replace her butterfly keyboard 15” Pro. I’m surprised it made it this long.

 

[turbineseaplane]

The basic configuration 13-inch MBA is more than good enough for most people. You really don't need anything extra, maybe SSD storage to 1Tb if you really need (not want) it.

Think of it as the more premium Neo. Something about the Neo that is a definite dealbreaker for you, and you aren't turned off by the price difference between the MBA and Neo.

Specs are great -- I ended up returning my 13" M5 24/1TB only because when in laptop mode I don't enjoy that screen size. It's just too cramped for me. The machine itself, and performance and all that were spectacular.

Having my 2015 15" side by side with it made it crystal clear and easy to compare sizes.

So -- now I'm back in the shopping market for a 15" (m4 or m5).

Even though docked is most of my usage, I do want a laptop that I enjoy actually using when it's in laptop mode (usually during travel, but sometimes around the house to mix it up).

 

[RowellE]

This is so tempting. I wonder if it’ll drop to $799 later this year like the M4 did last year. With the Neo just $599 I wonder if the MBA will ever reach $749-99.

 

[ChrisA]

I'm amazed by these continual deals, given our current moment.

Are all these configs unattractive?

The problem is the 'Neo". Why spend $1,000 and an Air when the Neo does the job for $500? For the vast majority of users the just don't need the Air. In fact, you can write emails, browse the web, and watch YouTube in a 2017 Intel-based Mac just fine. The discount is because they need to move inventory.

 

[turbineseaplane]

The problem is the 'Neo". Why spend $1,000 and an Air when the Neo does the job for $500? For the vast majority of users the just don't need the Air. In fact, you can write emails, browse the web, and watch YouTube in a 2017 Intel-based Mac just fine. The discount is because they need to move inventory.

For the 13" I get it for sure, the 15" much less so.

The Neo screen is even smaller than the 13" MBA, which makes it a true non starter for me. I'm not the mainstream though and I very much take your point.