Fall sale cuts MacBook Air prices on refurbished 2017 and M4 models

Major fall sales and promotions have pushed prices on several MacBook Air models sharply lower this week, offering bargains for buyers willing to choose either refurbished older hardware or the newest Apple Silicon machines. A refurbished 2017 MacBook Air is being offered for about $180 by an online reseller, while Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days and related promotions have cut the price of the 2025 MacBook Air with Apple’s M4 chip to roughly $799 in the United States and to about Rs 80,990 in India after bank discounts during the Great Indian Festival.

The refurbished unit, listed by the reseller as a Grade AB refurb, is described as a 13.3-inch widescreen MacBook Air with an Intel Core i5 1.8 GHz processor, 8GB of memory and 128GB of storage, and Intel HD Graphics 6000. The seller says the Grade AB rating indicates minimal cosmetic wear and battery health of at least 80 percent, which the listing equates to roughly 12 hours of use per charge, and that the laptop ships with a MagSafe charger. The reseller and other commentators note this model can serve well for basic tasks such as web browsing, email and document editing but will struggle with intensive workflows like video...