{"id":232177,"date":"2026-04-07T11:39:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T15:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/07\/at-150-off-the-new-macbook-air-is-now-cheaper-than-last-years-model\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T12:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T16:10:10","slug":"at-150-off-the-new-macbook-air-is-now-cheaper-than-last-years-model","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/07\/at-150-off-the-new-macbook-air-is-now-cheaper-than-last-years-model\/","title":{"rendered":"At $150 off, the new MacBook Air is now cheaper than last year\u2019s model"},"content":{"rendered":"

At $150 off, the new MacBook Air is now cheaper than last year\u2019s model<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/gadgets\/908031\/apple-macbook-air-m5-m4-deal-sale<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-04-07 11:39:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.theverge.com<\/a><\/p>\n

If you were bummed that the new M5-powered MacBook Air cost $100 more than last year\u2019s model, we\u2019ve got some good news: it\u2019s now cheaper than its predecessor. You can currently buy the latest 13-inch MacBook Air with an M5 chip<\/strong>, 16GB of RAM, and a 512GB SSD on sale for $949.99 ($150 off) at Amazon and Best Buy. If you prefer a larger screen, the 15-inch model \u2014 which is almost identical but adds a louder six-speaker system \u2014 is also $150 off, starting at $1,149 ($150 off) at Amazon and Best Buy.<\/p>\n

If you want a laptop that can handle everyday work, streaming, and even some graphics-heavy tasks, the latest MacBook Air is one of the best you can buy. It\u2019s Apple\u2019s fastest entry-level laptop yet, now starting with double the storage of its predecessor, along with significantly faster read and write speeds that rival the M5 MacBook Pro. That translates to quicker file transfers and smoother multitasking. In testing, my colleague Antonio Di Benedetto imported 1,000 50-megapixel RAW images into Lightroom Classic while exporting a 4K video in Premiere, downloading a game on Steam, and keeping 17 Chrome tabs open. The system significantly slowed down, but impressively, it didn\u2019t crash.<\/p>\n

Beyond performance, the latest Air still nails the basics. Like the previous model, the latest Air lasts up to 14 hours on a single charge and features a sharp 12-megapixel Center Stage camera, which is one of the best webcams you can get in a laptop. It\u2019s also more futureproof with support for Wi-Fi 7 and should hold up well for several years to come. All in all, it\u2019s a fantastic jack-of-all-trades laptop and a worthwhile upgrade if you\u2019re coming from an older system, especially an M1 MacBook Air or earlier.<\/p>\n

Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At $150 off, the new MacBook Air is now cheaper than last year\u2019s model https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/gadgets\/908031\/apple-macbook-air-m5-m4-deal-sale…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":232178,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/268408_Apple_MacBook_Air_15_M5_laptop_ADiBenedetto_0006.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C10.732984293194%2C100%2C78.534031413613&w=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[50,51],"class_list":["post-232177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-macintosh","tag-macbook-air","tag-macbook-pro"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232177"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232177"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":232179,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232177\/revisions\/232179"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}