Apple's M4 Macbook Air plunges to its lowest ever price in the ultimate back to school deal — Amazon's $799 price tag trounces Apple's official deal program

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There's a great deal on the 15-inch model, too

Apple M4 Macbook Air
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If you're in the market for the ultimate back-to-school laptop, then this Amazon MacBook Air deal might just be the best one we've seen yet. Right now, you can score Apple's latest and greatest M4 MacBook Air for just $799, a full $200 less than its MSRP and the lowest-ever price we've seen on this model.

If portability is less of a concern or you'd like a much larger screen, the 15-inch MacBook Air is an equally discounted $999, $200 off the $1,199 MSRP, another all-time low price.

Unveiled in March 2025, the M4 MacBook Air is Apple's best-ever thin and light MacBook. When it comes to efficiency, the M4 chip is pretty much unrivalled, delivering industry-leading battery life and excellent performance. They're also incredibly stylish, with striking looks and an aluminum design to make you the envy of the entire college campus.

Apple 2025 MacBook Air 13-inch Laptop with M4
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Apple 2025 MacBook Air 13-inch Laptop with M4: was $999 now $799 at Amazon

Get the 13-inch M4 MacBook Air with 16GB of unified memory and a 256GB SSD for just $799, $200 off the MSRP and the lowest-ever price we've seen on this model. Need more storage? You can save the same amount on the 512GB version, as well as the more performant 24GB memory spec.

512GB: $999 512GB + 24GB RAM: $1,199

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Apple 2025 MacBook Air 15-inch Laptop with M4
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Apple 2025 MacBook Air 15-inch Laptop with M4: was $1,199 now $999 at Amazon

Likewise, save $200 on the larger 15-inch model with the same spec, grab more screen real estate at the lowest-ever price we've seen on this model. Again, you can also score a 512GB SSD and more RAM with similar savings.

512GB: $1,199 512GB + 24GB RAM: $1,399

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Apple hosts its own Back to School promotion every summer, and it's famous for generally not being very good. Don't get me wrong, if you're a student who wanders into your local Apple store to buy a Mac, being told you can have a free pair of AirPods for absolutely nothing is great news. However, you'll only ever pay Apple's student prices, $100 more than any of the above savings at any given price point.

So if you want to actually save money when you buy a MacBook this summer, Amazon, not Apple, is the place to be.

Aside from the nifty M4 and other internals, across the M4 MacBook Air range, you'll get a 12MP camera for Facetiming friends and relatives, or joining online classes, and two Thunderbolt 4 ports for connecting external monitors or hard drives.

You'll find these knockout prices on all four M4 MacBook Air colors, namely Midnight, Silver, Sky Blue, and Starlight.

If you're looking for more savings, check out our Best PC Hardware deals for a range of products, or dive deeper into our specialized SSD and Storage Deals, Hard Drive Deals, Gaming Monitor Deals, Graphics Card Deals, or CPU Deals pages.

Stephen Warwick
Stephen Warwick
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Stephen is Tom's Hardware's News Editor with almost a decade of industry experience covering technology, having worked at TechRadar, iMore, and even Apple over the years. He has covered the world of consumer tech from nearly every angle, including supply chain rumors, patents, and litigation, and more. When he's not at work, he loves reading about history and playing video games.

4 Comments Comment from the forums
  • HideOut
    $200 off is not "plunges" Its a decent sale on an overpriced Mac, sure. But its not plunging. But hey, toms gets a cut from the link so lets use BS headlines
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  • Alvar "Miles" Udell
    Hate to tell you but it was that price at B&H for a while at launch, and with their store card you get sales tax credited instantly, so it is not anything that it hasn't been before, especially since they can be found for $850 on a regular basis (with the $15" for $1050).
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  • systemBuilder_49
    What's obscene is that Apple wants $400 for $40 worth of RAM and flash drive! THEY CAN TAKE A HIKE !!
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  • Heat_Fan89
    systemBuilder_49 said:
    What's obscene is that Apple wants $400 for $40 worth of RAM and flash drive! THEY CAN TAKE A HIKE !!
    Agreed, that's why I always buy the cheapest base model Mac which is the Mac Mini and I buy it on their education store and save $100. Sometimes they even throw in a gift card on top of the savings during Back to School.
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