You no longer need to spend over $1,000 to get a great laptop. The Apple MacBook Air M2 is only $799, and it's likely all you need!

Best Buy's Presidents' Day sale kicked off yesterday, and we've already covered all of the iPad discounts you can find during the

Apple MacBook Air (M3, 13-inch, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD) is on sale for $899 at Amazon. This deal saves you $200 off its usual $1,099 price. If you've been waiting for the best MacBook Air deal before upgrading,

This MacBook Air gets up to 18 hours of battery life on a single charge, and at only 2.7 pounds, it's easy to grab and go. Apple's M2 chip is particularly efficient, giving this computer some of the best staying power of any Apple device on the market.

Apple's supply chain is gearing up for the upcoming launch of new iPad Air, MacBook Air, and entry-level iPad models, according to DigiTimes.

Even though it's slightly older now, the MacBook Air M2 still ranks as the best budget MacBook as it's more affordable and has the same design you see on the M3 model. We’d struggle to recommend the 8GB variety at this price, but 16GB will put you in good stead for the future.

The next additions to Apple’s 2025 hardware catalogue are more exciting, but packing a less firm release date. Gurman states that the company is “planning to launch a MacBook Air with the speedier M4 chip, fresh low-end iPads and updated iPad Air models during the first half of 2025.”