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Despite some murmurs about new Macs coming soon, it’s a good time to buy a MacBook Air right now. That’s because the 2024 class of MacBook Air laptops with M3 processors is discounted by up to $275 during Amazon’s October Prime Day sale that’s currently ongoing.
Here’s the quick and dirty on how much you can currently get Apple’s jack-of-all-trades laptop for:
The base 13-inch M3 MacBook Air with 8GB of RAM and 256GB SSD is $849 ($250 off) at Amazon (excl
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