Record-low price alert: Amazon is selling the MacBook Air 13 (M2) for just $699

If you're wondering when to buy a MacBook, you might be thinking it's best hold off until Black Friday at the end of November. But perhaps not. Amazon has just cut the price of the M2 MacBook Air 13 to just $699. That's the cheapest we've ever seen this sleek and super portable laptop: a record saving of $299 (this is a hidden deal, you need to click the box below the product description to add a 'coupon' for the full discount).

Released in 2022, this isn't the newest 13-inch MacBook Air. Apple launched a new model in March of this year with the more powerful M3 chip. However, in our own testing, we found the M3 model to be a relatively iterative upgrade, with no other real changes. If you do want to spend a little more for this year's model, Amazon has a record-low price there too: the M3 MacBook Air 13 is reduced by $250 to just $849.99. That's the price we tend to see for the M2 model.

We think the 2022 model is still more than powerful enough for all general home and work computing, browsing and entertainment. Where this entry-level configuration may struggle is with more graphically demanding tasks like video editing since it only has 8GB of memory. This is the same with the new M3 model, and if you do need more memory and processing power, you're probably best considering a MacBook Pro (see our full guide to Black Friday MacBook deals and Black Friday laptop deals in general).

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