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Deal | MacBook Air deal: 13-in M4-powered 16/256 GB SKU down to $869.00 (Amazon.com)

The 13-in MacBook Air (2025) on top of a table. (Image source: Notebookcheck - edited)
The 13-in MacBook Air (2025) on top of a table. (Image source: Notebookcheck - edited)
The more compact of the two 2025 MacBook Air models is currently enjoying a significant discount. The 256 GB of storage that this particular SKU comes with look a little tight, meaning power users will have to resort to using USB-C pen drives or external SSDs sooner rather than later; that being said, this is still more than enough disk space for watching Netflix, editing spreadsheets or having a light photo editing session.

While the very first Apple silicon MacBook Air remains a solid system for daily use, as a 2020 laptop, it's very likely to receive its last OS update in 2027 considering that the current macOS 15 is only officially compatible with 2018 MacBooks and newer. macOS 17 which may or may not arrive as macOS 27 might be the last OS release for Apple M1 chip-powered computers.

Thankfully, the 2025 Apple M4-powered model that Notebookcheck handed a very good 91% rating to when reviewing it in April receives discounts occasionally. Today, on May 30, 2025, it can be had from Amazon US for just $869. (List price: $999.)

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$849.00
Apple 2025 MacBook Air 13-inch Laptop with M4 chip: Built for Apple Intelligence, 13.6-inch Liquid Retina Display, 16GB Unified Memory, 256GB SSD Storage, 12MP Center Stage Camera, Touch ID; Sky Blue

This highly portable notebook has everything one would expect from an Apple product, like a bright, color-accurate screen, good battery life of around 7 hours of Web browsing at full display brightness, and great integrated speakers. It has a better webcam than the previous-gen model, too, and it comes with a charger in the box unlike some of the latest Microsoft Surface notebooks.

The product's drawbacks include a rather limited and limiting port selection (no full-size USB or HDMI ports here; thankfully, dongles and adapters are readily available, like this $29.99 one from Anker) as well as the Apple silicon-typical lack of native Windows compatibility, and a few other things. Its RAM and storage are not user-upgradeable. Please read our extensive review of the M4 model as well its M3-powered predecessor to learn more.

Disclaimer: Notebookcheck is not responsible for price changes carried out by retailers. The discounted price or deal mentioned in this item was available at the time of writing and may be subject to time restrictions and/or limited unit availability.

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Notebookcheck review for the base 13-in M4 MacBook Air

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Sergey Tarasov, 2025-05-30 (Update: 2025-05-30)