The 13-inch MacBook Air M2 is a great value at its current sale price of $699

Apple might be updating several Macs with M4 chips as early as next week, but it's looking like the MacBook Air lineup might not join the party until early 2025. That said, if you're on an older MacBook and can't wait to upgrade, there have been few better times than now. The base 13-inch M2 MacBook Air with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage has fallen to an all-time low of $699.9 ($200 off) at Amazon, while the step-up 512GB model is down to $949.99 ($249 off) thanks to an on-page coupon. You can even grab the M3 MacBook Air 13 at Amazon starting at $899 ($200 off), which is $50 shy of its all-time low.

Although the M1 Air was technically discontinued earlier this year, we still considered its $699 price a great value for routine computing. That being said, you should certainly skip that for the M2 upgrade if that's all you can afford. The M2 Air offers a thinner design and a notched display that's a touch brighter at 500 nits. It also features an improved 1080p webcam, a better keyboard, and a resurrected MagSafe port for charging, freeing up the second of its two USB-C / Thunderbolt ports. It's even slated to receive a number of AI-powered features via Apple Intelligence, which will arrive later in October via a software update.

The M3 MacBook Air from earlier this year isn't a massive upgrade over the M2. It has a slightly faster processor with Wi-Fi 6E radios, faster SSD transfers, hardware-accelerated ray tracing, and AV1 video decoding. If those changes don't benefit your experience in any meaningful way, you'll likely get by just fine with the M2 model.

Read our MacBook Air M2 (2022) review.

13-inch MacBook Air with M2 (2022)$700$99930% off$700$700$99930% offThe 2022 MacBook Air is a thin, lightweight device powered by Apple's M2 chip. The M2 model touts an improved 1080p webcam and a better display than its predecessor while retaining features like long battery life and MagSafe charging.$700 at Amazon (256GB SSD, 8GB RAM)$950 at Amazon (512GB SSD, 8GB RAM)

13-inch Apple MacBook Air M3 (2024)$899$109918% off$899$899$109918% offThe MacBook Air M3 is a jack-of-all-trades, with a balanced combination of performance and power efficiency. It also now supports dual displays with the lid closed, and the storage speed is noticeably faster. You don't need to think about if this laptop will meet your needs - it just will.$899 at Amazon (8GB RAM / 256GB SSD)$1099 at Amazon (8GB RAM / 512GB SSD)$1299 at Amazon (16GB RAM / 512GB SSD)

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