{"id":207865,"date":"2026-01-29T14:41:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T19:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/29\/this-midnight-16gb-m3-macbook-air-deal-is-live-again-400-less-than-the-m4-model\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T15:15:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T20:15:09","slug":"this-midnight-16gb-m3-macbook-air-deal-is-live-again-400-less-than-the-m4-model","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/29\/this-midnight-16gb-m3-macbook-air-deal-is-live-again-400-less-than-the-m4-model\/","title":{"rendered":"This Midnight 16GB M3 MacBook Air deal is live again \u2013 $400 less than the M4 model"},"content":{"rendered":"

This Midnight 16GB M3 MacBook Air deal is live again \u2013 $400 less than the M4 model<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/9to5toys.com\/2026\/01\/29\/midnight-16gb-m3-macbook-air-deal-2\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-01-29 14:41:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: 9to5toys.com<\/a><\/p>\n

$400+ off<\/span>\/<\/span>M3 Air<\/span><\/p>\n

Pricing on the latest M4 MacBook Air has largely jumped up significantly, not only from the $250 price drops we had over the holidays last year, but even the $200 drops we spotted in 2026. However, for folks that don\u2019t need the latest and greatest, the notable discount on this M3 model is now back in-stock at shipping via Amazon at $400<\/strong> under the list price on the comparable M4.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Expercom, for the uninitiated, is a well-respected and fully authorized Apple dealer. It also has an official Amazon storefront, and it is now once again offering Apple\u2019s 15-inch M4 MacBook Air in Midnight with 16GB of RAM down at $999 shipped<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This is matching our previous mention, and comes in at a whole lot less than this model launched at.\u00a0<\/p>\n

While the M3 MacBook Air in question here debuted at $1,699, that eventually dropped to $1,499 after Apple nixed the 8GB RAM tiers, leaving today\u2019s deal at $500 under this machine\u2019s most recent sticker price.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But a far more useful value comparison here is to the current-generation M4 MacBook Air. The comparable 16GB 15-inch model carries a list price at $1,399 and is currently on sale for $1,249 \u2013 this M3 is still a whole lot less than that.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Another notable data point here is to the lowest price we have tracked on the comparable 16GB\/512GB M4 setup. It was down at the $1,149 Amazon all-time low across the Black Friday deal season last year and again over Christmas \u2013 today\u2019s M3 deal is still $150 less than that.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It\u2019s no M4, and the M5 (or whatever is next is surely inbound sometime this year), but it\u2019s hard to imagine the M4 dropping this low all that soon.\u00a0<\/p>\n

M3 MacBook Air features:<\/h3>\n