Amazon has the 24GB M3 MacBook Air at $500 off the list price today ($200 under the M4 sale price)

$500+ off/$1,199

We recently spotted a sweet deal on the 15-inch M3 MacBook Air with the 214GB of RAM upgrade and the Midnight paint job down at $1,249 – that’s $350 under the price of the M4. But Amazon just knocked the same machine in the Starlight colorway down to $1,199 shipped. 

While price comparison on the M3 MacBook Air can get a touch messy considering the prices effectively changed last fall when Apple nixed the 8GB RAM configurations (this, in turn made all of the remaining configurations much less expensive). But it works like this: 

The 15-inch 24GB started life with an $1,899 list price before dropping to $1,699 thereafter. The comparable M4 MacBook Air model carries a list price at $1,599 and is currently on sale for $1,399. 

That means today’s deal is $700 off the original price of the M3 24GB, $500 under its current list price, and $400 under the list price on the comparable M4. It is also $200 below the current sale price on the 15-inch M4 MacBook Air with the same 24GB/512GB setup. 

In other words, if you can make what is for me still a compelling machine (I don’t know anyone with an M3 MacBook Air that hates it or thinks it’s anywhere near too slow or anything) work for you, this is a particularly value-packed purchase right now. 

If, however, you must have the new 2025 M4 model, we certainly wouldn’t blame you and now is a wonderful time to score one while they are all $200 off at Amazon:

• 13-inch M4 MacBook Air 16GB/256GB $799 (Reg. $999)
• 13-inch M4 MacBook Air 16GB/512GB $999 (Reg. $1,199)
• 13-inch M4 MacBook Air 24GB/512GB $1,199 (Reg. $1,399)
• 15-inch M4 MacBook Air 16GB/256GB $999 (Reg. $1,199)
• 15-inch M4 MacBook Air 16GB/512GB $1,199 (Reg. $1,399)
• 15-inch M4 MacBook Air 24GB/512GB $1,399 (Reg. $1,599)

M3 MacBook Air features:

With a powerful 8-core CPU and up to 10-core GPU, the blazing-fast MacBook Air with M3 chip is a superportable laptop that sails through work and play. Apple Intelligence is the personal intelligence system that helps you write, express yourself, and get things done effortlessly. With groundbreaking privacy protections, it gives you peace of mind that no one else can access your data—not even Apple. Lightweight and under half an inch thin, so you can take MacBook Air anywhere you go.