Amazon’s Prime Day is over, but its deals on Apple’s new MacBooks are not. Apple made a significant move last fall away from Intel \u2026<\/b>
\nAmazon’s Prime Day is over, but its deals on Apple’s new MacBooks are not. Apple made a significant move last fall away from Intel chips toward its own Apple Silicon M1 design and we’re seeing some big price cuts on the new M1-powered machines. The baseline and step-up M1 MacBook Air models are still at the lowest prices we’ve seen yet, with savings of $99 and $149, respectively. The M1 MacBook Pro discounts aren’t as big as they were for Prime Day but still significant; the baseline MacBook Pro is $100 off, and the step-up model with a 512GB solid-state drive is $150 off. (For several of these deals, you’ll see a partial discount offered up front, plus additional savings at checkout.) The MacBook Air and 13-inch MacBook Pro lines received the M1 update, but the big 16-inch MacBook Pro still uses an Intel Core i7 or i9 chip. And Apple still sells two higher-end configurations of the 13-inch MacBook Pro with Intel parts; the company has stated that it will support all the Intel-powered Macs for years to come. While you might be tempted by a discount on an Intel-based MacBook, it had better be significant to convince you to get that instead of a new M1 MacBook. Our tests of the M1 machines show a significant performance increase over their predecessors. Plus, the M1 MacBook Air boasts a fanless design for silent operation. Read more: A pro photographer tests Apple’s M1 MacBook The new MacBooks maintain the pricing of the models they replaced: The new MacBook Air starts at $999; the new MacBook Pro starts at $1,299. There are a couple of ways to grab either at a discount. Want to go the refurb route? You can now find refurbished M1 MacBooks on Apple’s Certified Refurbished Mac page. Refurb inventory changes rapidly so you may not always see an M1 MacBook Air or Pro listed. It’s worth keeping an eye out, however, because you can lock in substantial savings of up to $200. Rick Broida, CNET’s resident Cheapskate, is a big fan of refurbs, particularly Apple’s — which are often as good as new. Want to buy new? The baseline M1 MacBook Air model has a $99 discount and the step-up model with a 512GB SSD has a $149 discount on Amazon. For the M1 MacBook Pro, the baseline model is discounted by $100 and the step-up model by $150. One benefit of paying full price and buying from Apple, however, is you can customize the machine and add more RAM or a higher capacity SSD, whereas the models sold on Amazon and other retailers are fixed configurations. It’s also worth noting that the Apple Store offers students an educational discount, which can trim hundreds of dollars from the price of a new laptop or tablet. Keep reading to see the best MacBook laptop deals currently available for Apple’s current and previous-generation MacBooks. We update this list periodically. Read more: Testing out the entire new Apple Mac M1 lineup *Note that «all-time» means the best price that we’ve seen at an Apple-authorized retailer in the product’s lifetime.<\/p>\n