The M5 MacBook Air is just 99 cents away from its lowest ever price

The M5 MacBook Air is just 99 cents away from its lowest ever price

The M5 MacBook Air is just 99 cents away from its lowest ever price

https://mashable.com/article/april-27-m5-macbook-air-deal

Publish Date: 2026-04-27 12:32:00

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Save $149.01: Amazon has the M5 Apple MacBook Air, 13-inch (16GB RAM, 512GB SSD) nearly down to its lowest price ever as of April 27. At $949.99, this 14% discount puts it just 99 cents away from the record low of $949, and a good deal cheaper than the $1,099 list price.

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The MacBook Neo is an incredibly affordable MacBook, but its not necessarily the absolute best value for everyone, especially when a good deal strikes elsewhere.

Mashable’s laptop expert Haley Henschel determined the M5 MacBook Air to be a better value, and as of April 27, it’s getting the deal treatment at Amazon. Specifically, you can grab the 13-inch M5 MacBook Air with 16GB of RAM and 256GB of SSD for $949.99, putting it nearly back down to its record low price of $949 even. All told, that’s $149.01 cheaper than its list price. And the deal is available in all four colorways.

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So what makes the M5 Air such a great value? For starters, Apple bumped the starting storage to 512GB over the 256GB of the M4 Air. Yes, they also bumped up the price of the M5 Air by $100, but its still $100 cheaper than the M4 model with the same amount of storage, actually making the newer model a better value. While Mashable tested the…

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