The Internet is all abuzz over the first reviews of the M1-based MacBook Air, but if you’d rather have one of the Intel models, we’ve for a killer deal for you. Amazon is selling the prior-gen MacBook Air with a 10th-generation Intel Core i5 processor and 512GB of storage for $1,050 today when you apply the $199 coupon on the listing. That’s $200 off the MSRP and the best price we’ve ever seen. The C ore i3 model with 256GB of storage is also on sale for $150 off , but we recommend the higher model.
This MacBook Air model only launched in March and we gave it 4-stars and an Editor’s Choice rating for its improved speed and excellent Magic Keyboard. Granted, it’s not a speed demon like the new M1, but it’ll run all of your Intel apps with ease, smoothly upgrade to Big Sur, and last plenty long to get you through a full workday. Of course, if you’d rather pay more for a new M1-based laptop, we completely understand. But with a $200 discount, this MacBook Air gets you twice as much storage and the guarantee that your apps will run without needing an update.
Be sure to check out all the rest of our Black Friday 2020 Apple deals, including great prices on AirPods, Apple Watches, iPads, and more.
[Today’s deal: MacBook Air with a 10th-gen Core i3 processor and 256GB of storage for $850 ]
Author: Michael Simon, Executive Editor
Michael Simon has been covering Apple since the iPod was the iWalk. His obsession with technology goes back to his first PC—the IBM Thinkpad with the lift-up keyboard for swapping out the drive. He's still waiting for that to come back in style tbh.