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The best Prime Day MacBook deals: MacBook Airs start at just $599 on day 4

Jul 11, 2025 - 15:01

The best Prime Day MacBook deals at a glance:

Best MacBook Air deal

Apple MacBook Air, 13-inch (M4, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD)

$849 (save $150)

Best MacBook Pro deal

Apple MacBook Pro, 14-inch (M4, 24GB RAM, 1TB SSD)

$1,749 (save $250)

Best non-Amazon deal

Apple MacBook Air, 13-inch (M2, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD)

$699 (save $100 at Best Buy)

Today's the last day of Amazon's four-day Prime Day extravaganza, and as Mashable's resident laptop expert, I've been tasked with finding the best Apple MacBook deals. Truthfully, my job was pretty boring in the early hours of Prime Day on Tuesday and Wednesday: Most of Amazon's discounts on the M4 series were the same as they'd been for a few weeks. But once we entered the second half of the sale, things got interesting.

Yesterday (on Thursday), four MacBook Pros and one MacBook Air got $2 to $38.49 cheaper than they originally were when Prime Day started. As it winds down today (on Friday), I'm now seeing six Pros and two Airs at lower prices than before. All models have yet to match or beat their lowest prices on record, but this is some nice validation for anyone who postponed a purchase.

If you asked me to pick my absolute favorite MacBook deal of Prime Day 2025, I'd go with the base M4 MacBook Air that's hovering at $849. The Starlight colorway briefly fell to $829 on June 20, but I feel totally comfortable endorsing its slightly higher Prime Day price. Realistically, this laptop is a steal even at its full $999 MSRP. Amazon's decision to slash that by an extra $150 mere months after its release is kind of mind-boggling to me.

Among MacBook Pros, the best deal I've spotted is a $250 discount on a 14-inch M4 model with 24GB of RAM and 1TB of storage, which brings it down to $1,749. It randomly fell to $1,715.05 three times in May, according to the price-tracking site CamelCamelCamel, but otherwise its Prime Day offer marks its biggest discount since launch.

I also want to mention that Amazon only carries the full M4 series nowadays. If you want a good deal on an M2- or M3-era MacBook, check Best Buy. It currently has an M2 MacBook Air on sale for just $699 during its "Black Friday in July" sale. The cheapest MacBook anywhere this week is a $533.60 M1 MacBook Air at Walmart, which is also having a summer sale. This once-legendary laptop won't meet modern performance standards, but it could be a good option for thrifty students.

Read on for my running list of the best Prime Day MacBook deals. (The ones with a ⬇️ by them have gotten cheaper since the sale started.) Of note, none are Prime exclusives.

Best Prime Day MacBook Air deal

Apple MacBook Air, 13-inch (M4, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD)

$849 at Amazon
$999 Save $150

Why we like it

Read Mashable's full review of the M4 Apple MacBook Air.

Mashable's Stan Schroeder called the latest MacBook Air "the best-buy Apple laptop, period," praising its quiet oomph, upgraded camera, "great" battery life, and extremely reasonable starting price (which, again, Amazon has reduced by 15%). In his view, its only flaws are a "low number of ports and the fact that the display's refresh rate only goes to 60Hz." The base model sports 16GB of memory and 256GB of SSD storage. We also love this laptop for its incredible performance, open-lid support for two displays, and an upgraded 12MP webcam.

Best Buy was matching Amazon's $849 deal at the time of writing.

More MacBook Air deals

Apple MacBook Air, 13-inch (M2, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD) — $699 ~~$799~~ (save $100)
Apple MacBook Air, 13-inch (M4, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD) — $1,049 ~~$1,199~~ (save $150)
Apple MacBook Air, 15-inch (M4, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD) — $1,049 ~~$1,199~~ (save $150)
Apple MacBook Air, 13-inch (M4, 24GB RAM, 512GB SSD) — $1,245.50 ~~$1,399~~ (save $1,523.50) ⬇️
Apple MacBook Air, 15-inch (M4, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD) — $1,249 ~~$1,399~~ (save $150)
Apple MacBook Air, 15-inch (M4, 24GB RAM, 512GB SSD) — $1,432.50 ~~$1,599~~ (save $166.50) ⬇️

Best Prime Day MacBook Pro deal

Apple MacBook Pro, 14-inch (M4, 24GB RAM, 1TB SSD)

$1,749 at Amazon
$1,999 Save $250

Why we like it

Read Mashable's full review of the 14-inch M4 Apple MacBook Pro.

The 14-inch MacBook Pro is one of our favorite laptops for photo and video editing: It's blazing fast, sounds amazing, and lasts all day. (It held out for 20 hours and 51 minutes in our battery life benchmark, making it the fifth longest-lasting laptop we've ever tried.) Former Mashable Tech Editor Kim Gedeon tested a model with slightly less RAM than the one Amazon has on sale for $1,749 — 16GB instead of 24GB — and she recommended it for "creative professional[s] who [thrive] on serious power in a sleek, portable package."

Amazon's Prime Day deal managed to beat Best Buy's Black Friday in July pricing by $10 at the time of writing.