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The MacBook Air M5 is $200 off for the first time in months
Amazon’s October Prime Day has effectively chopped off Apple’s June price increases. Usually $1,299, the 13-inch MacBook Air with the M5 chip and 512GB of storage is on sale for $1,099 at Amazon. That’s a more palatable price for a machine that’s significantly faster than Apple’s $699 MacBook Neo. The 15-inch version, also with 512GB […] Pictured: The 15-inch Apple MacBook Air. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge Amazon’s October Prime Day has effectively chopped off Apple’s June price increases. Usually $1,299, the 13-inch MacBook Air with the M5 chip and 512GB of storage is on sale for $1,099 at Amazon . That’s a more palatable price for a machine that’s significantly faster than Apple’s $699 MacBook Neo . The 15-inch version, also with 512GB of storage, is $1,299 at Amazon (was $1,499). In addition to the larger screen, it has two additional speakers, for a total of six
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Amazon’s October Prime Day has effectively chopped off Apple’s June price increases. Usually $1,299, the 13-inch MacBook Air with the M5 chip and 512GB of storage is on sale for $1,099 at Amazon. That’s a more palatable price for a machine that’s significantly faster than Apple’s $699 MacBook Neo. The 15-inch version, also with 512GB […] Pictured: The 15-inch Apple MacBook Air. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge Amazon’s October Prime Day has effectively chopped off Apple’s June price increases. Usually $1,299, the 13-inch MacBook Air with the M5 chip and 512GB of storage is on sale for $1,099 at Amazon . That’s a more palatable price for a machine that’s significantly faster than Apple’s $699 MacBook Neo . The 15-inch version, also with 512GB of storage, is $1,299 at Amazon (was $1,499). In addition to the larger screen, it has two additional speakers, for a total of six
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According to The Verge’s source item, The MacBook Air M5 is $200 off for the first time in months, Amazon’s October Prime Day has effectively chopped off Apple’s June price increases. Usually $1,299, the 13-inch MacBook Air with the M5 chip and 512GB of storage is on sale for $1,099 at Amazon. That’s a more palatable price for a machine that’s significantly faster than Apple’s $699 MacBook Neo. The 15-inch version, also with 512GB […] Pictured: The 15-inch Apple MacBook Air. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge Amazon’s October Prime Day has effectively chopped off Apple’s June price increases. Usually $1,299, the 13-inch MacBook Air with the M5 chip and 512GB of storage is on sale for $1,099 at Amazon . That’s a more palatable price for a machine that’s significantly faster than Apple’s $699 MacBook Neo . The 15-inch version, also with 512GB of storage, is $1,299 at Amazon (was $1,499). In addition to the larger screen, it has two additional speakers, for a total of six
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