There’s a great deal going on right now on the M2 MacBook Air at Amazon, where you can buy this slimline laptop for just $700. The main deal costs $849, which is 15 percent off the usual price. But you can also apply a coupon to the Space Gray model for an additional discount, bringing the price down even further. For now, you can also buy the Silver and Starlight colors for $700 without adding a coupon.
This is the 2022 model of the MacBook Air, and it’s the best Apple laptop ever. The M2 chip is a big factor in turning this laptop from lightweight to powerhouse. Using Apple’s own silicon, the computer achieves very high standards in performance with 10 GPU cores and a 35 percent speedup over the previous M1 chip. It also has a stunning Liquid Retina display. The model currently on sale has 8GB of RAM and 256GB of solid state drive storage. And when Apple intelligence starts rolling out next week, the M2 Air is ready to handle the extra workload of those AI-driven tasks.
The Air is also Engadget’s pick for the best budget Apple laptop you can get. In other words, it’s a good deal on a model that’s already a good deal. It’s very likely that Amazon’s supplies will run out soon, so if this catches your eye, we suggest you act quickly.
After CES and ahead of Samsung’s Unpacked, the Engadget crew had a quick chance to catch its breath this week. But we took a look at the deal machine to see which tech sales are worth your money.
Right now, we’re seeing some good Apple deals — one on the latest iPad mini and another on the new 15-inch MacBook Air — as well as a first-time discount on the Kindle Colorsoft ereader. There are a few discounts on Bluetooth trackers to help you keep track of your keys and bag.
And Best Buy is still running a promotion to give away three free months of Apple TV+, so you can start watching the recently released second season of Severance. Here are this week’s best tech deals, which you can still find today.
If you’re a Prime member, you can save $50 on the recently released ColorSoft Kindle, also known as the first Kindle with color. This is the first discount we’ve seen since this model debuted.
We encountered a “yellow band” problem with our review unit, but we later received an updated reader for which Amazon made “reasonable adjustments” to solve the problem. The software and display adjustments the company implemented worked — and we actually liked the overall effect better. Check out our review for the full story.