Apple's M1 MacBook Air Drops to Low Price of $699 on Amazon

[MacRumors]

Amazon is selling the 13-inch M1 MacBook Air for $699.00, down from the original price of $999.00. This is an overall solid second-best price on this version of the MacBook Air, and it's the first time the computer has been in stock at a steep discount in weeks.

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The model that Amazon has for $699.00 is the entry-level version with 8GB Unified Memory, an 8-core CPU, a 7-core GPU, and a 256GB SSD. You can get both the Gold and Silver colorways at this price, with delivery as soon as May 24 if you have Amazon Prime.

13-inch M1 MacBook Air for $699.00 ($300 OFF)​

Apple discontinued the M1 MacBook Air back in March, which is why we're seeing such low prices on remaining inventory. The M1 MacBook Air first came out in 2020, so it is four years old at this point, but the Apple silicon chip is still more than adequate for day-to-day tasks. As the M1 MacBook Air is no longer being manufactured, available supply is likely to dry up soon.

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[Justin Cymbal]

Awesome

Amazon finally matched Walmart’s price:

Walmart Begins Selling MacBook Air With M1 Chip for $699 in U.S.

Walmart today announced that it has started selling the MacBook Air with the M1 chip in the U.S., with pricing set at a very reasonable $699. The...

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It’s actually now cheaper if you buy it through Amazon (using the Amazon credit card) which gives you 5% in rewards

 

[bryo]

Got one for my Mom on Mother’s Day. She came from a Windows laptop and caught on to how to use everything very fast, and she’s certainly not a tech person. Still a great laptop!

 

[Jacoblee23]

This still doesn’t beat the deal I got a few weeks back. Open box perfect condition two cycles for $401 after tax at Best Buy.

 

[joshwithachance]

Isn't this the every day price at Walmart now?

 

[NachoNoir]

These are, by any means, still very good machines capable of almost anything an average consumer needs from a laptop personal computer.

What I would be concerned, though, is for how long will Apple keep updating MacOS on these machines. These were launched in 2020, almost 4 years ago. If I stopped getting new MacOS updates in the 2026 release, I would not be very happy.

(I've been bitten by this for a long time, my Late-2012 iMac Intel Core i7 32GB GTX680 3TB Fusion got its last update on Catalina (2019), when it was still a very capable machine; and in the following years, it started becoming more and more unusable due to apps lacking support of older OSes. I'm now running Monterey using OpenCore Legacy Patcher and it's still very very usable).

 

[senttoschool]

Best value laptop period.

 

[spaxxedout]

Probably the best Mac ever.

 

[CalMin]

I've long maintained that an 8GB M1 Air is more computer that most 'normal' people need. My wife has one for email, photos, internet, MS Office. She seem to know how to quit apps, so they are ALL running ALL the time and she always has a billion browser tabs open. This machine eats all of that up, gives her all day long battery life and runs like butter.

I could probably use it for most of my daily productivity work too. Apple knocked it out of the park with M1.

I've been computing sine the 1980's and this sub $700 M1 Air and the $349 iPad blow my mind. It's just incredible how affordable this powerful modern tech has become.

 

[CalMin]

These are, by any means, still very good machines capable of almost anything an average consumer needs from a laptop personal computer.

What I would be concerned, though, is for how long will Apple keep updating MacOS on these machines. These were launched in 2020, almost 4 years ago. If I stopped getting new MacOS updates in the 2026 release, I would not be very happy.

(I've been bitten by this for a long time, my Late-2012 iMac Intel Core i7 32GB GTX680 3TB Fusion got its last update on Catalina (2019), when it was still a very capable machine; and in the following years, it started becoming more and more unusable due to apps lacking support of older OSes. I'm now running Monterey using OpenCore Legacy Patcher and it's still very very usable).

It will be interesting to see how Apple manages this. M1 has a potentially LONG shelf-life unless they radically up the requirements of some future version of MacOS. I mean, M1 still feels fast and fresh today.

That said, at this end of the price range, I think that we can only reasonably expect 2-3 years of updates and that anything beyond that will be a bonus. It's not like we pay Apple for MacOS like we had to back in the day (although I would do that if it meant keeping older hardware for longer). And let's remember that it won't suddenly stop working when it ages out of new MacOS updates. I have family members on 12-year old Macs that still use them and won't upgrade "because it works fine!!".

 

[EugW]

These are good prices. I was considering getting a used M1 MBA to replace my wife's 2017 i5-5350U MBA, but considering the M1 is already almost 4 years old and about to lose new macOS support, in the end I decided instead to wait to get a new M4 MacBook Air. I'm predicting the M4 MBA will come with 12 GB base.

She doesn't need 16 GB RAM, and 8 GB is probably OK, but 12 GB would be the sweet spot for longevity for her usage. A 12 GB M4 MBA in 2025 could last her literally a decade.

 

[turbineseaplane]

I really think this is all to clear the stock out (and parts on hand on the Apple side) and this price point will be gone by the end of 2024

 

[turbineseaplane]

Isn't this the every day price at Walmart now?

Yep

 

[turbineseaplane]

Probably the best Mac ever.

Bums me out they never made a 15" MBA in the Wedge -- I'd have one right now if they had

 

[phenste]

absolutely blows my mind to see such a good Mac at that price point. Apple Silicon has been so transformative for this whole lineup.

 

[MacLawyer]

I look at my M1 MBA and think that M3 model looks petty good. Then I realize my actual needs fall far short of what the M1 model can do.

 

[turbineseaplane]

I look at my M1 MBA and think that M3 model looks petty good. Then I realize my actual needs fall far short of what the M1 model can do.

Same..

Thus I continue with my Hackintosh + 2015 MBP 15" combo

Love both of them so much

 

[mrat93]

What I would be concerned, though, is for how long will Apple keep updating MacOS on these machines. These were launched in 2020, almost 4 years ago. If I stopped getting new MacOS updates in the 2026 release, I would not be very happy.

There’s really no excuse for Apple to not support M1 machines for at least 10 years from release.

 

[BeatCrazy]

These are, by any means, still very good machines capable of almost anything an average consumer needs from a laptop personal computer.

What I would be concerned, though, is for how long will Apple keep updating MacOS on these machines. These were launched in 2020, almost 4 years ago. If I stopped getting new MacOS updates in the 2026 release, I would not be very happy.

(I've been bitten by this for a long time, my Late-2012 iMac Intel Core i7 32GB GTX680 3TB Fusion got its last update on Catalina (2019), when it was still a very capable machine; and in the following years, it started becoming more and more unusable due to apps lacking support of older OSes. I'm now running Monterey using OpenCore Legacy Patcher and it's still very very usable).

Apple Silicon has upended all traditional theories about how long a Mac gets current OS support.

It is not unrealistic to think the M1-based Macs will get the "new" macOS that releases in Fall 2028 or 2029. With a couple more years of security updates. M1 should be supported through 2030.

 

[MacLawyer]

Apple Silicon has upended all traditional theories about how long a Mac gets current OS support.

It is not unrealistic to think the M1-based Macs will get the "new" macOS that releases in Fall 2028 or 2029. With a couple more years of security updates. M1 should be supported through 2030.

Agreed. The security updates are the most important thing. When they stop it's recycle time.

 

[Jimmdean]

msrp. and I’m not actually certain this is discontinued. Apple stopped selling it themselves, but I don’t know why they would have Walmart selling them if they weren’t still making them. Walmart made a big deal about this offering and the announcement was made after the model was supposedly discontinued. Yet again maybe they had a couple million left unsold - who knows…

 

[BeatCrazy]

msrp. and I’m not actually certain this is discontinued. Apple stopped selling it themselves, but I don’t know why they would have Walmart selling them if they weren’t still making them. Walmart made a big deal about this offering and the announcement was made after the model was supposedly discontinued.

The M1 Air was never discontinued, Apple simply started distributing it through a different channel(s).

Lots of folks here disagree, but the facts back this up.

 

[JosephAW]

This is good, this will force the used computers to come down even more.

 

[TallManNY]

These are, by any means, still very good machines capable of almost anything an average consumer needs from a laptop personal computer.

What I would be concerned, though, is for how long will Apple keep updating MacOS on these machines. These were launched in 2020, almost 4 years ago. If I stopped getting new MacOS updates in the 2026 release, I would not be very happy.

(I've been bitten by this for a long time, my Late-2012 iMac Intel Core i7 32GB GTX680 3TB Fusion got its last update on Catalina (2019), when it was still a very capable machine; and in the following years, it started becoming more and more unusable due to apps lacking support of older OSes. I'm now running Monterey using OpenCore Legacy Patcher and it's still very very usable).

Considering Apple was selling the M1 MBA new only a couple of months ago, yes a buyer should be upset if it didn't get updates starting in 2026, but also that is just super unlikely. It will likely get updates past 2028, but 2028 would be about right if you want a conservative estimate and it would change your buying decision today.

 

[Kalixt]

8GB RAM is iWaste.