Amazon has it on sale for just $749 ahead of Black Friday, or $250 off its $999 MSRP. That's a 25% savings and a new record-low, matching the cheapest price the 8GB version saw. (The same deal was live at Best Buy for the paid tiers of its membership program on Thursday, Nov. 14; it'll be open to everyone there on Friday, Nov. 15.)

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Our pick for the best laptop for most people is on sale. A 13-inch MacBook Air with an M3 chip, 16GB of RAM and 256GB of storage is $200 off at $899.

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Right now at Amazon, you can score the 13-inch MacBook Air M2 with 16GB of RAM for just $749 (originally $999), an instant $250 or 25% discount. That's not just the all-time low for this configuration, but it's the biggest discount yet on the new entry-level model.

Now it's even better value too, as UK retailer John Lewis has knocked a mighty £100 off the usual retail price in its Black Friday sales. Now just £899.97, the 256GB Starlight model is a true bargain for one of Apple's latest notebooks.

The 2022 MacBook Air with the M2 chip is on sale for $749 just in time for Black Friday. This version even comes with 16GB of RAM.