Apple may be updating several Macs with M4 chips as early as next week, but it looks like the MacBook Air lineup won't be joining the party until early 2025. That said, if you have an older MacBook and can't wait to upgrade, there have been few better times than now. The base 13-inch M2 MacBook Air with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage has fallen to an all-time low of $699.9 ($200 off) on Amazon, while the step-up 512GB model is down to $949.99 ($249) thanks to a coupon on the site discount) has decreased. You can even grab it M3 MacBook Air 13 on Amazon starting at $899 ($200 off), which is $50 off the all-time low.
Even though the M1 Air was technically discontinued earlier this year, we still thought its $699 price was great value for routine work. However, you should definitely skip the M2 upgrade if that's all you can afford. The M2 Air offers a thinner design and a notched display that's slightly brighter at 500 nits. It also has an improved 1080p webcam, a better keyboard, and a revived MagSafe port for charging, freeing up the second of its two USB-C/Thunderbolt ports. There are even plans to get a range of AI-powered features via Apple Intelligence, which will be available via a software update later in October.
The M3 MacBook Air from earlier this year isn't a huge upgrade over the M2. It has a slightly faster processor with Wi-Fi 6E wireless, faster SSD transfers, hardware-accelerated ray tracing, and AV1 video decoding. If these changes don't add any significant benefit to your experience, you'll probably be fine with the M2 model.