Apple's New 13-Inch M3 MacBook Air Hits $999 Low Price on Amazon

[MacRumors]

Apple's brand new 13-inch 256GB M3 MacBook Air has hit $999.00 today on Amazon, down from $1,099.00. This sale is available in Midnight, but you might be able to get in Space Gray depending on stock, which has been fluctuating today. B&H Photo is matching this sale.

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This is a new all-time low price on the 13-inch M3 MacBook Air, and it accompanies a similarly steep discount on the 15-inch model that we started tracking last week. In that sale, you can get the 15-inch 256GB M3 MacBook Air for $1,204.00, a $95 discount.

13-inch M3 MacBook Air (256GB) for $999.00 ($100 OFF)​

These MacBook Air models just launched earlier in the month, coming in both 13-inch and 15-inch sizes. Both of the new MacBook Air machines include the M3 chip and focus on internal upgrades. Apple did not change the design of the MacBook Air with the 2024 update, using the same design that was first introduced in 2022.

Because of these new MacBook Air models, we're also tracking record low prices on previous generation models. Best Buy currently has both the 13-inch and 15-inch M2 MacBook Air at all-time low prices, with up to $300 off select computers.

Head to our full Deals Roundup to get caught up with all of the latest deals and discounts that we've been tracking over the past week.

Article Link: Apple's New 13-Inch M3 MacBook Air Hits $999 Low Price on Amazon

 

[Fuzzball84]

What… damn these things just are not moving are they.

They will be paying people to take them away soom 🤔

 

[kaycrystal626]

So done with Apple. Give 8GB Ram for basic model in 2024 pathetic! Charging people $200 for extra 8GB RAM is a crime! You can buy 64GB Ram on PC for less than $200!!!

If they don't raise the basic model to 16GB Ram, I am not buying it!

 

[PeterKeller]

I have an M1 and not even tempted. Hardware is so ahead of the software these days that you don't get much extra. Such a difference from 20 years ago when the OS would consume all the new hardware and more.

 

[Thisismattwade]

Great deal on a great laptop. No need to move from M2 (IMO, especially if you buy base models), but the M3 has been a big improvement for me over the (base) M1 MBA.

 

[Xil3]

So done with Apple. Give 8GB Ram for basic model in 2024 pathetic! Charging people $200 for extra 8GB RAM is a crime! You can buy 64GB Ram on PC for less than $200!!!

If they don't raise the basic model to 16GB Ram, I am not buying it!

It's true. But they only charge so much because they know people will pay the price. And it's hilarious that you upset an Apple fanboi (the downvoter) by saying this - the truth hurts.

 

[Kevin2055]

I have an M1 and not even tempted. Hardware is so ahead of the software these days that you don't get much extra. Such a difference from 20 years ago when the OS would consume all the new hardware and more.

You will have much brighter screen.

 

[arcite]

This is how you know the economy is slowing down.

 

[arcite]

So done with Apple. Give 8GB Ram for basic model in 2024 pathetic! Charging people $200 for extra 8GB RAM is a crime! You can buy 64GB Ram on PC for less than $200!!!

If they don't raise the basic model to 16GB Ram, I am not buying it!

I feel you. But on the other hand..... 8 gigs works just fine for probably 90% of daily tasks for most people. Of course, Apple knows this.

 

[boak]

If they don't raise the basic model to 16GB Ram, I am not buying it!

Will you buy it if the MBA lineup starts at $1299?

 

[DanielPrice]

bring back the Touch Bar please 😄

 

[Harry Haller]

So done with Apple. Give 8GB Ram for basic model in 2024 pathetic! Charging people $200 for extra 8GB RAM is a crime! You can buy 64GB Ram on PC for less than $200!!!

If they don't raise the basic model to 16GB Ram, I am not buying it!

“8GB = 16GB” Tim Apple

 

[PeterKeller]

You will have much brighter screen.

And magsafe charging, I'm told. Still not worth the upgrade, my dude.

 

[Nautilus007]

So done with Apple. Give 8GB Ram for basic model in 2024 pathetic! Charging people $200 for extra 8GB RAM is a crime! You can buy 64GB Ram on PC for less than $200!!!

If they don't raise the basic model to 16GB Ram, I am not buying it!

but but but you don't need 16gb of ram. You will use 8gb and you're going to love it.

 

[joeblow7777]

So done with Apple. Give 8GB Ram for basic model in 2024 pathetic! Charging people $200 for extra 8GB RAM is a crime! You can buy 64GB Ram on PC for less than $200!!!

If they don't raise the basic model to 16GB Ram, I am not buying it!

I really don't get why people are so upset about the 8GB of RAM. If it's not sufficient for your needs, pretend the 16GB model is the entry level. If you think it's not reasonably priced, vote with your wallet and buy something else. Seems simple enough. No need to rant about it.

That being said, it's interesting that Microsoft's Surface line also still starts at 8GB/256GB, including the new Surface Pro 10 and Laptop 6 that they just announced last week specifically for businesses. Not the specs that I would go with myself (just got a 16GB/1TB MBA), but I think that the more tech inclined tend to underestimate how much can be done with these specs.

 

[kingtj1971]

So done with Apple. Give 8GB Ram for basic model in 2024 pathetic! Charging people $200 for extra 8GB RAM is a crime! You can buy 64GB Ram on PC for less than $200!!!

If they don't raise the basic model to 16GB Ram, I am not buying it!

I came here to say the same thing. It's like a broken record with Apple, though. They refuse to accept it.

Nobody in their right mind, in 2024, should be paying $1000-ish for a new laptop computer and only getting 256GB of disk storage on it! And 8GB? That's nearly unacceptable on a cheap Windows laptop these days when the RAM is upgrade-able! Absolutely not for soldered-on memory you can't ever upgrade!

 

[kingtj1971]

I really don't get why people are so upset about the 8GB of RAM. If it's not sufficient for your needs, pretend the 16GB model is the entry level. If you think it's not reasonably priced, vote with your wallet and buy something else. Seems simple enough. No need to rant about it.

That being said, it's interesting that Microsoft's Surface line also still starts at 8GB/256GB, including the new Surface Pro 10 and Laptop 6 that they just announced last week specifically for businesses. Not the specs that I would go with myself (just got a 16GB/1TB MBA), but I think that the more tech inclined tend to underestimate how much can be done with these specs.

No, there *is* a need to rant about this, because it makes life far more difficult than it needs to be for all of us who get tasked with supporting the people who wind up with these under-spec'ed machines and have issues!

If Microsoft thinks it's ok to sell a Surface with 8GB/256GB for "business", then they deserve the same bashing I give Apple for doing it.

I mean, throughout the history of the home computer, manufacturers have been selling low-spec/minimal configurations to hit certain price points. But until recently, you could at least upgrade them after the fact.

I'm sitting here at work now with an open ticket in my queue from a lady who is upset about getting strange errors in Excel whenever she keeps more than 3 financial spreadsheets open at once. She needs multiple ones open to copy/paste some figures from one to the other easily and to review data in a couple of them to know what she needs to do with a couple of others. Her Windows 10 PC has 512GB of disk space and 16GB of RAM in it.

There absolutely are people out there only doing things with their computer that work fine within restrictions like 8GB or RAM and/or 256GB of drive space. But IMO, that doesn't mean it makes sense in 2024 to keep selling people non-expandable machines for pretty high prices, that only have these specs. I've been rebuilding some older Dell and HP desktops to resell cheap and I drop 1TB SSDs in each one, because they're only about $70 each these days. The labor involved is the same to do that vs using a smaller one, so why not?

 

[StoneJack]

I came here to say the same thing. It's like a broken record with Apple, though. They refuse to accept it.

Nobody in their right mind, in 2024, should be paying $1000-ish for a new laptop computer and only getting 256GB of disk storage on it! And 8GB? That's nearly unacceptable on a cheap Windows laptop these days when the RAM is upgrade-able! Absolutely not for soldered-on memory you can't ever upgrade!

Dell, Acer and Asus all have 8GB 256GB models. Wake up dude.

 

[kingtj1971]

Dell, Acer and Asus all have 8GB 256GB models. Wake up dude.

So does Lenovo, unfortunately. They're ALL really poor purchasing decisions. Often though, they at least charge a lot less than Apple or Microsoft want for such underpowered hardware.

 

[darngooddesign]

Dell, Acer and Asus all have 8GB 256GB models. Wake up dude.

How much do they cost and how much are the Ram/SSD upgrades?

 

[joeblow7777]

No, there *is* a need to rant about this, because it makes life far more difficult than it needs to be for all of us who get tasked with supporting the people who wind up with these under-spec'ed machines and have issues!

If Microsoft thinks it's ok to sell a Surface with 8GB/256GB for "business", then they deserve the same bashing I give Apple for doing it.

I mean, throughout the history of the home computer, manufacturers have been selling low-spec/minimal configurations to hit certain price points. But until recently, you could at least upgrade them after the fact.

I'm sitting here at work now with an open ticket in my queue from a lady who is upset about getting strange errors in Excel whenever she keeps more than 3 financial spreadsheets open at once. She needs multiple ones open to copy/paste some figures from one to the other easily and to review data in a couple of them to know what she needs to do with a couple of others. Her Windows 10 PC has 512GB of disk space and 16GB of RAM in it.

There absolutely are people out there only doing things with their computer that work fine within restrictions like 8GB or RAM and/or 256GB of drive space. But IMO, that doesn't mean it makes sense in 2024 to keep selling people non-expandable machines for pretty high prices, that only have these specs. I've been rebuilding some older Dell and HP desktops to resell cheap and I drop 1TB SSDs in each one, because they're only about $70 each these days. The labor involved is the same to do that vs using a smaller one, so why not?

I hear what you're saying and it certainly sheds some more light on your perspective, but that does boil down to the customer being responsible for having a basic knowledge of what they're buying.

 

[StoneJack]

How much do they cost and how much are the Ram/SSD upgrades?

why don't you look up yourself?

 

[Supercyborgninja]

Weird to be such blind supporters of Apple, you’re arguing that the consumer SHOULD in fact get less.

8gb is not a lot, at all. But upgrading to 16gb shouldn’t cost as much as it does.

 

[Lift Bar]

I feel you. But on the other hand..... 8 gigs works just fine for probably 90% of daily tasks for most people. Of course, Apple knows this.

Any laptop with an ssd from the last 15 years works just fine for 90% of daily tasks for most people.

 

[hans1972]

So done with Apple. Give 8GB Ram for basic model in 2024 pathetic! Charging people $200 for extra 8GB RAM is a crime! You can buy 64GB Ram on PC for less than $200!!!

If they don't raise the basic model to 16GB Ram, I am not buying it!

So if the model with 16Gb RAM was reduced by $1,000, you wouldn't buy it, because the base model had 8Gb of RAM?

Seems like a very strange "rule" to live by.