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…