The MacBook Air M5 is $200 off for the first time in months

Pictured: The 15-inch Apple MacBook Air. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge

Amazon’s October Prime Day has efficaciously chopped disconnected Apple’s June terms increases. Usually $1,299, the 13-inch MacBook Air with the M5 spot and 512GB of retention is connected merchantability for $1,099 astatine Amazon. That’s a much palatable terms for a instrumentality that’s importantly faster than Apple’s $699 MacBook Neo.

The 15-inch version, besides with 512GB of storage, is $1,299 astatine Amazon (was $1,499). In summation to the larger screen, it has 2 further speakers, for a full of six, and 2 further GPU cores for amended wide graphical performance.

Apple MacBook Air (M5)

Apple’s 2026 MacBook Air has an M5 spot and starts with 512GB of retention that’s importantly faster than erstwhile generations. It’s inactive arsenic fantabulous arsenic ever contempt a higher basal price. Read our review.

Where to Buy:

• $1299 $1099 astatine Amazon (13-inch, 512GB)
• $1499 $1299 astatine Amazon (15-inch, 512GB)

The latest update to Apple’s midrange laptop includes a noticeable betterment to the velocity of some the processor and storage. Even without flashy caller features compared to the last-gen model, it’s inactive 1 of our favourite laptops, acknowledgment to its agelong artillery life, agleam screen, and fantabulous speakers.

Read our Apple MacBook Air (2026, M5) review.