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Apple M1 MacBook Air deal: Save up to $150 on Amazon

The Apple Store is not the cheapest place to grab yourself a new MacBook Air.
Written by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Contributing Writer

It's hard finding good deals on Apple products, but sometimes you get lucky!

Currently, Amazon is offering up to $150 off the latest M1-powered MacBook Air. It's a great laptop, perfect for students or those who like to travel light.

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If you don't need too much storage and can fit your life into 256GB, then you can save $100 off the regular price of the 2020 M1-powered MacBook Air. 

From Apple, this is currently $999, but the same notebook is available on Amazon in all three finish options -- gold, silver, or space grey -- for only $899.

  • M1 chip offering a massive boost in CPU, GPU, and machine learning performance compared to Intel processors
  • 8-core CPU 
  • 7-core GPU 
  • 16-core Neural Engine for advanced machine learning
  • 8GB of unified memory
  • Superfast SSD storage.
  • Up to 18 hours of battery life

If you want more storage then you'll need to spend more and get the model that comes with 512GB of storage. Here you'll save $150 on the Apple Store price, and be able to pick one up for only $1,099.

These are deals that are hard to beat.

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