Apple
might
be
updating
several
Macs
with
M4
chips
as
early
as
next
week,
but
it’s
looking
like
the
MacBook
Air
lineup
might
not
join
the
party
until
early
2025.
That
said,
if
you’re
on
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)
at
Amazon,
while
the
step-up
512GB
model
is
down
to
$949.99
($249
off)
thanks
to
an
on-page
coupon.
You
can
even
grab
the
M3
MacBook
Air
13
at
Amazon
starting
at
$899
($200
off),
which
is
$50
shy
of
its
all-time
low.
Although
the
M1
Air
was
technically
discontinued
earlier
this
year,
we
still
considered
its
$699
price
a
great
value
for
routine
computing.
That
being
said,
you
should
certainly
skip
that
for
the
M2
upgrade
if
that’s
all
you
can
afford.
The
M2
Air
offers
a
thinner
design
and
a
notched
display
that’s
a
touch
brighter
at
500
nits.
It
also
features
an
improved
1080p
webcam,
a
better
keyboard,
and
a
resurrected
MagSafe
port
for
charging,
freeing
up
the
second
of
its
two
USB-C
/
Thunderbolt
ports.
It’s
even
slated
to
receive
a
number
of
AI-powered
features
via
Apple
Intelligence,
which
will
arrive
later
in
October
via
a
software
update.
The
M3
MacBook
Air
from
earlier
this
year
isn’t
a
massive
upgrade
over
the
M2.
It
has
a
slightly
faster
processor
with
Wi-Fi
6E
radios,
faster
SSD
transfers,
hardware-accelerated
ray
tracing,
and
AV1
video
decoding.
If
those
changes
don’t
benefit
your
experience
in
any
meaningful
way,
you’ll
likely
get
by
just
fine
with
the
M2
model.
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