The 15-inch M4 MacBook Air is on sale for less than $1,000
Save $200: As of Sept. 15, the 15-inch Apple MacBook Air (M4, 16GB, 256GB SSD) is on sale for $999 at Amazon. Typically $1,199, this deal saves you 17%.
One of the best tech decisions I've ever made was finally upgrading to a 15-inch MacBook.
I made that decision a couple of years ago, so I use the 15-inch M2 MacBook Air as my personal laptop, but if it broke down tomorrow, I would almost certainly pick up an M4 Air. For anyone who is currently in the market for a new laptop, the reason to get one sooner rather than later can be found in this deal at Amazon, which brings the 15-inch M4 MacBook Air down to $999 from its full price of $1,199, saving you $200.
In my own experience, I've found a larger display to make my typical multi-tab workflow feel much more manageable. I also occasionally work on podcasts do some audio editing, and switching from a 13-inch to 15-inch display felt like an absolute game changer, without much of a sacrifice to portability.
But you don't just have to take my word for it. When Mashable's Stan Schroeder reviewed the M4 Air, he compared it to his 16-inch MacBook Pro, writing, "the 15-inch MacBook Air is reasonably light and thin, making it a lot more portable than my 16-inch Pro." With the M4 chipset, you still get plenty of processing power. In his testing, Schroeder found that the housed in the Air, this chip was "considerably faster than any earlier Mac when it comes to single-core operation, and roughly on par with an M2 Max when it comes to multi-core operation."
Despite its power, its passive cooling keeps things quiet (though it can get somewhat hot after intensive tasks). It also comes with 10 hours of battery life, three Thunderbolt ports, the option to connect up to two external displays, and a 12MP camera. It'd be great if Apple finally bumped the 60Hz refresh rate up to 120Hz, but for now, the Air is a great all-around machine, our favorite MacBook for most people, and the perfect for option for anyone who doesn't need the heft of the Pro.
Bethany Allard is a Los Angeles-based shopping reporter at Mashable covering beauty tech, dating, sex and relationships, and headphones. That basically means she puts her hair through a lot, scrolls through a lot of dating apps, and rotates through a lot of different headphones. In addition to testing out and rounding up the best products, she also covers deals for Mashable, paying an especially obsessive amount of attention to Apple deals and prices. That knowledge comes in handy when she's covering shopping holidays like Prime Day and Black Friday, which she's now done for three years at Mashable.
