We are just one day away from Prime Day, but you'd be forgiven in thinking that its started early, as Apple's latest MacBook Air just became so cheap.
Right now, you can get $200 off the 13-inch and 15-inch M3 MacBook Air at Amazon — bringing Apple's latest laptops down to their lowest ever prices. In fact, that means you can get the super-size model for the same price as its little sibling. This is a crazy good deal!
Now, chances are you're looking at the other options too — that $649 M1 MacBook Air and $799 M2 choice are both looking mighty tasty. So what makes this small bump in price worthwhile? Well, it comes down to performance and power efficiency, as you can read all about in our M3 MacBook Air review.
That M3 processor is capable of some real magic in terms of big performance gains while not requiring a fan to keep those sweet speeds up. Alongside that, big GPU improvements enable hardware-accelerated ray tracing to really bring out the best in a bunch of great Mac-optimized games. Put simply, whatever you throw at this machine, it's really no sweat for this ultra-portable beast.
| Header Cell - Column 0 | MacBook Air 13-inch M3 | MacBook Air 15-inch M2 |
|---|---|---|
| Geekbench 6 (single-core) | 3,082 | 2,613 |
| Geekbench 6 (multi-core) | 12,087 | 9,993 |
| Handbrake | 7:19 | 7:46 |
| Photoshop | 8,583 / 12.4 mins | 7,465 / 13.9 mins |
| Premiere Pro | 3,621 / 7.8 mins | 3,170 / 8.7 mins |
On top of that, Apple's ongoing march to maintain worry-free battery life continues, as Cupertino has squeezed a little extra life out of this cell. That means you can go for hours and hours without any fear of stamina issues.
| Header Cell - Column 0 | Time (hours:mins) |
|---|---|
| MacBook Air 15-inch M3 | 15:13 |
| MacBook Air 13-inch M3 | 14:33 |
| MacBook Air 13-inch M2 | 14:06 |
I believe these big improvements make this extra $100 investment all the more worthwhile. Not only that, but you're picking up the best laptop for its lowest ever price. Prime Day doesn't officially start until tomorrow, but this is already one of the best deals I've ever seen!
