Back to school sale alert: the MacBook Air drops to record-low price of $899

Score a $100 discount on Apple’s powerful M1 MacBook Air

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The 2021 back to school sale event is in full swing, and if you’re looking to upgrade your laptop, we’ve just spotted a fantastic deal atAmazon. Right now, you can getApple’s 2020 MacBook Airon sale for just $899(was $999). That’s a $100 discount and the lowest price you’ll find for the 13-inch laptop.

MacBook Air deal

MacBook Air deal

Apple MacBook Air:$999$899 at AmazonSave $100 -The M1 MacBook Air has dropped back down to its record low $899 price at Amazon. The 13-inch laptop features Apple’s powerful M1 chip, 256GB of storage, 8GB of RAM, and provides up to 18 hours of battery life.

The 2020MacBook Airfeatures a 13.3-inch Retina display and packs Apple’s powerful M1 chip with an 8-core CPU and 8-core GPU to deliver exceptional speed and power. Perfect for students, the compact laptop weighs just 2.8 pounds, includes Touch-ID, and provides an impressive 18 hours of battery life.As we’ve mentioned above, this is the best deal we’ve seen for the MacBook Air and a fantastic price for a powerful compact laptop. While we’ve seen the $899 sale price before, the laptop was back up to $949 earlier this month, so we’d recommend taking advantage of this discount now before it’s too late. You can also shop for more bargains with our roundup of the bestback to school salesthat are happening right now.

More MacBook deals

More MacBook deals

See more laptop offers with our roundup of thebest cheap laptop dealsand you can see more of the bestMacBook dealsthat are happening now.You can also learn more about the upcomingLabor Day salesevent.

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Mackenzie Frazier is the deals editor in the US for TechRadar at Future plc. She’s been sharing deal advice for Future for the past six years and loves finding products that consumers want at the best possible price. She’s had 11 years of experience working in e-commerce and loves being a mom to her two little boys.

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