Save $200: As of June 16, the Apple M3 MacBook Air featuring 256GB of storage is priced at $699 at Best Buy, providing a 22% discount off the $899 retail price.

Apple introduces new MacBook models approximately every year, so if you aim to find a great bargain, considering last year’s models can lead to savings.

For instance, the 13-inch M3 MacBook Air with 16GB of RAM and 256GB of storage is now available for $699 at Best Buy, a reduction of $200 from its $899 retail price. Currently, Amazon is out of stock for this model. As per the price tracker camelcamelcamel, the lowest recorded price for this MacBook on Amazon is $799, making this offer particularly noteworthy.

Although it’s a 2024 model, this laptop features several remarkable capabilities that align with current standards. The 2025 M4 MacBook Air claims to provide 18 hours of battery life — in testing conducted by our sister site PC Mag (also affiliated with Ziff Davis), the M3 Air achieved an impressive 22 hours of use (although Apple states the same 18 hours for the M3). In the announcement for the M4 Air, Apple mentions that the new chip is “2x faster than the M1 model.” Regarding the M3 Air, Apple states, the “new MacBook Air is up to 60 percent quicker than the M1 model.” This indicates that the M4 chip does not offer significantly more speed compared to the M3. (As of now, the M4 Air is discounted but still costs $150 more than the M3 laptop).

In addition to performance and battery longevity, this laptop is exceptionally lightweight at 2.7 pounds. It has a somewhat limited selection of ports, including one MagSafe charging port, two Thunderbolt 4 ports, and one headphone jack. While it can connect to only one external display when in use, in clamshell mode it supports two external displays. You can select from four color options: midnight, starlight, silver, and space gray.