You can buy the M2 MacBook Air starting at just $799 right now

Aug 01, 2024 09:26 PM - 4 months ago 90564

The M2 exemplary from 2022 is still a very worthwhile laptop. Plus, we’ve sewage a fewer notable, non-Apple deals.

By Antonio G. Di Benedetto, a writer covering tech deals and The Verge’s Deals newsletter, buying guides, and gift guides. Previously, he spent 15 years successful nan photography industry.

Aug 1, 2024, 2:26 PM UTC

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The MacBook Air keyboard seen from above.

We whitethorn beryllium good into nan M3 generation of Mac laptops (and moreover M4 for iPad Pros), but if you’re connected a fund nan M2 MacBook Air is simply a awesome woody for $799 ($200 off) — disposable now astatine Best Buy and Amazon.

This is nan guidelines exemplary of Apple’s laptop from 2022, which comes equipped pinch 8GB of RAM, 256GB of storage, 2 USB-C ports, a headphone jack, and a useful MagSafe charger. If 256GB is simply a small ray connected storage, nan 512GB upgraded exemplary is besides connected waste for $999 ($200 off) astatine Amazon and Best Buy.

A large portion of what makes nan MacBook Air truthful awesome is its fantabulous artillery life and standby time. Combine that pinch its speedy capacity and revised creation from nan M2 procreation that adds MagSafe to free up 1 of its ports from charging duties and you’ve sewage an fantabulous all-rounder for productivity tasks (be it for activity aliases school). Read our review.

The M2 MacBook Air is opened, facing nan camera. Its show is on, showcasing a psychedelic purple and achromatic wallpaper created by The Verge’s creation and illustration team.

The 2022 MacBook Air is simply a thin, lightweight instrumentality powered by Apple’s M2 chip. The M2 exemplary touts an improved 1080p webcam and a amended show than its predecessor while retaining features for illustration agelong artillery life and MagSafe charging.

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