Looking for a good deal on a MacBook Air? Head to Best Buy over the next two days to save a whopping $200.
Best Buy is running a Winter Doorbuster Days sale Jan. 25 to 26 in stores and online. While there are a lot of good deals, the one one that stuck out to us is $200 off assorted MacBook Air models.
Both the 11-inch and 13-inch variants are available for $200 off the list price. That means that an 11-inch base model MacBook Air with 64GB SSD and 4GB of RAM is just $799.99. The base model 13-inch MacbBook Air -- with 4GB of RAM and a 128GB SSD is just $999.99. Best Buy also has MacBook Air configurations with more drive space. A 256GB SSD 13-inch MacBook Air is $1299.99 and a 128GB 11-inch model is $899.99.
It looks like the $799 model is already sold out online -- thought it may still be available in some stores -- but the other three models are all available.
The current-generation MacBook Air computer has the latest Intel Core i5 processor using Ivy Bridge. It has two USB 3.0 ports and a Thunderbolt port.
This is a great price for the MacBook Air -- and one of the best we've seen at a major retailer. Apple usually prevents retailers from offering these kinds of deep discounts, but perhaps the company has allowed Best Buy to hold this sort of sale -- similar to the sale it offered Walmart on iPhone 5 and iPad devices right before Christmas.
I'm typing this post on a 2012 13-inch base model MacBook Air and I can say that it is my favorite laptop of all time. There are only a handful of things I find myself using my 27" Core i7 iMac for these days; the MacBook Air is that good.
If you've been waiting to take the plunge on a MacBook Air, now's the time to act.