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Amazon Takes $200 Off M4 MacBook Air, Starting at $799

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You can get the 13-inch M4 MacBook Air (256GB) for $799.00 today on Amazon, down from $999.00. You'll find similar $200 discounts across nearly the entire M4 MacBook Air lineup, and all of these deals are being matched at Best Buy.

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If you're looking for the larger model, you can get the 15-inch 256GB computer for $999.00, down from $1,199.00. You'll also find many of the 512GB models of the 13-inch and 15-inch M4 MacBook Air on sale this week.




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I have the lowest-end MacBook Pro from 2012. It included 128GB of SSD. I hate it. 256 GB should not be the minimum in 2026. The Air should start at 512 GB and the Pro at 1TB.


Ramchi said:
8 GB RAM will be useless in 2026 AI era
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These include 16GB of RAM, which still isn’t much when you consider that it’s shared with the integrated graphics.
 
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The Macbook Air has become the "regular" Macbook.

Will the iPhone Air become the "regular" iPhone?

Time will tell; feature parity is needed like the Macbook Air has achieved.
 
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jecowa said:
I have the lowest-end MacBook Pro from 2012. It included 128GB of SSD. I hate it. 256 GB should not be the minimum in 2026. The Air should start at 512 GB and the Pro at 1TB.



These include 16GB of RAM, which still isn’t much when you consider that it’s shared with the integrated graphics.
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Unified memory in this case works differently from what you might be imagining based on other integrated graphics… 16gb should be fine for the vast majority of folks
 
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Jeremy3292 said:
The Macbook Air has become the "regular" Macbook.

Will the iPhone Air become the "regular" iPhone?

Time will tell; feature parity is needed like the Macbook Air has achieved.
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The iPhone Air is very much a premium device right now, like the 12” MacBook that always costed more than the Air, and never became the mainstream Air form factor. Wish they would bring that back, it would be PERFECT with Apple Silicon and thinner display bezels, a 2.00 lb 13” laptop.
 
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jecowa said:
I have the lowest-end MacBook Pro from 2012. It included 128GB of SSD. I hate it. 256 GB should not be the minimum in 2026. The Air should start at 512 GB and the Pro at 1TB.
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People have differing use cases. I have a 256 GB Air, and have about 120GB free, without doing any cleanup the last couple of years. 128 today would probably be stretching, but for my use 256GB is perfectly fine. I don’t do gaming (except for one or two very casual games that don’t take up much), and I don’t do any video or photo editing or even management. Mostly Safari, email, and simple Excel stuff, and a few very specific audio tools that don’t take up much space (it’s not about editing files, only measurement stuff)

My work computer running Windows has 512, with less than 200 used because all work files must sit on a centralized server. If I emptied my Downloads folder I’d probably be at 100. If it was only 256GB I wouldn’t have noticed.

The entry model should not be good enough for everyone. It should be exactly that, entry, for those with low needs, and then you can upgrade if needed.
 
dominiongamma said:
Even 16 gb is starting to become low now
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For what usage?

My M4 Air has 16 GB of RAM and it flies through all day to day stuff and is not perceptibly faster at anything than my M4 iMac, which has 24 GB of RAM.

Obviously there are more memory-intensive use cases but you're talking about the MacBook Air here, which is very much a "day to day stuff" kind of Mac.
 
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Velli said:
People have differing use cases. I have a 256 GB Air, and have about 120GB free, without doing any cleanup the last couple of years. 128 today would probably be stretching, but for my use 256GB is perfectly fine. I don’t do gaming (except for one or two very casual games that don’t take up much), and I don’t do any video or photo editing or even management. Mostly Safari, email, and simple Excel stuff, and a few very specific audio tools that don’t take up much space (it’s not about editing files, only measurement stuff)

My work computer running Windows has 512, with less than 200 used because all work files must sit on a centralized server. If I emptied my Downloads folder I’d probably be at 100. If it was only 256GB I wouldn’t have noticed.

The entry model should not be good enough for everyone. It should be exactly that, entry, for those with low needs, and then you can upgrade if needed.
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I wish they would increase the capacity at a faster rate.
 
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no point in moaning about the lower specs in the bottom of the line MacBook. Want more of everything? Apple will gladly sell it to you.
Gotta pay if you want to play (the saying goes)
 
gomichaelgo said:
How can a base macbook (as reported) compete with this macbook air priced at this low cost. If a macbook is marketed with phone chips/parts at like $699 vs this?
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Like the iPhone 16e, it’ll sell
From Apple for $599-$699 but third party places like Best Buy and Amazon will always have them at $100 less and even more so around the Black Friday/Xmas holidays.

Apple just wants market share…

…and money.
 
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