Apple MacBook Air M4 on sale at record low starting at $799

Apple's 2025 MacBook Air with the new M4 chip is on sale at record low prices this week, with major retailers knocking $200 off list prices and the base 13.6-inch configuration available for as little as $799. The discounts, appearing across online listings for Amazon and one national electronics chain, cut the starting price from $999 and apply to multiple configurations in the 13-inch and 15-inch lines.

Retail listings show the promotion reduces the 13-inch model with 16GB of unified memory and a 256GB solid-state drive to $799 from $999, with higher-capacity 13-inch and 15-inch models similarly discounted by $200. Sellers and deal trackers report that the price drops represent all-time lows for the M4 MacBook Air family and that inventory is limited in some colors and configurations.

The Air’s hardware upgrades explain much of the interest. The M4 system on a chip pairs a 10-core CPU with an 8-core GPU and a 16-core Neural Engine, delivering faster performance for everyday multitasking and more demanding tasks such as photo and video editing. The laptop is praised by reviewers for balancing performance with portability: it weighs about 2.7 pounds, measures roughly 0.44 inches...