Amazon has the 13-inch M5 MacBook Air with 24GB of RAM and 1TB of storage down to $1,599 shipped, a $200 drop off its $1,799 list price, 9to5Toys reported Saturday morning. The retailer is running the discount across all four colorways: Midnight, Starlight, Sky Blue and Silver.
That price ties the lowest Amazon has offered on this configuration in roughly four months, according to 9to5Toys, and lands right where the laptop sat during this year's fall Prime Day event.
It isn't an isolated cut. A day earlier, 9to5Toys spotted the same $200 discount on the cheaper 16GB/1TB M5 MacBook Air, though at the time Amazon had it only in Midnight. By Saturday morning, that discount had spread to all four colors on the 16GB model too, putting both the 16GB and 24GB versions of the 13-inch Air at $200 off simultaneously.
Some context on why $1,599 counts as a real discount rather than a rounding error. Apple raised prices across its current MacBook and iPad lineups in late June, pushing the 24GB/1TB 13-inch Air up to its present $1,799 list price. 9to5Toys notes Apple has given no indication it plans to roll those prices back, so $200 off is effectively the ceiling buyers can expect rather than a step toward some lower baseline.
For anyone comparing configurations, the 13-inch M5 Air with 24GB of RAM and 1TB of storage sits above the base 8GB/256GB model that starts the lineup, and above the 16GB/1TB tier that's also discounted right now. The extra RAM matters mainly for people running multiple memory-heavy apps at once or doing light video and photo work, rather than for everyday browsing and office tasks.
Amazon's listing reflects the price as of when 9to5Toys reported it Saturday, and retailer pricing on Apple hardware tends to move without much notice, so the $1,599 figure could shift again before any particular reader checks the page. The outlet has tracked this specific price point reappearing and disappearing over the past few months, tying it most recently to Prime Day in July.
There's no word on how long Amazon will hold the current discount, and Apple itself doesn't run markdowns on its own site for current-generation Macs, which is part of why third-party retailer pricing like this draws attention every time it resurfaces. Shoppers weighing the purchase now have a clear marker, this is the best price tracked on the 24GB configuration since the price hike, and the question is simply whether Amazon keeps it there into the holiday shopping stretch or pulls it back once a more reliably timed sale event comes around.
DDFiled by The Deals Desk
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