The Latest M4 MacBook Air Is Down to Its Lowest Price Ever for Labor Day

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The MacBook Air is generally considered the best MacBook for most Apple users out there. It offers amazing value in a thin and light device. In fact, the recently released version with an M4 chip, being mighty powerful, offers even better value than the MacBook Pro, according to Senior Tech Editor Jake Peterson.

And that’s before you factor in the savings with Amazon’s Labor Day sale, where the base M4 MacBook Air is discounted by $200. You can get the brand new 13-inch model with 16GB Unified Memory and 256GB SSD for just $799 instead of the sticker price of $999. This is the lowest price I’ve ever seen for the MacBook Air; the previous low was a $150 discount.

Right now, the M4 is a staggeringly good deal, beat only by the M1 MacBook Air that’s discounted to $599.

While this is the entry level MacBook, it equipped to handle most tasks at school and work. In fact, because of the RAM upgrade, it can pull off some video and coding workflows using intensive applications as well. That’s all thanks to the 10-core CPU and 8-core GPU.

There’s a 13.6-inch Liquid Retina display with a resolution of 2,560 by 1,664, a P3 wide color gamut, and a maximum brightness of 500 nits. You also get Touch ID support with an excellent backlit keyboard, WiFi 6E support, and great speakers. There’s also MagSafe charging. It comes in a new Sky Blue color, which is also available on discount.

The camera is upgraded too, in this model, now featuring a 12MP sensor with Center Stage. This is a full-HD sensor, so your video calls will look better than before. The base MacBook Air was rated 4 stars in PCMag’s expert review, noting “Apple’s M4 processor update, baseline memory increase, and price decrease have elevated the MacBook Air to its highest perch yet.”