Apple’s newest MacBook Air just got its first big price cut of the season. You can save $150 off the 2026 MacBook Air with the new M5 chip ahead of Black Friday, bringing the base model — with 16GB of RAM and a 512GB SSD — down to just $1,149 with free shipping.
MacBook Air M5 (Credits: IGN)
The deal applies to the latest-generation MacBook Air released on March 11, 2026, making it the MacBook most people should buy at a price that rarely dips this early. Black Friday is still weeks away, but this pre-sale pricing is already one of the best we have seen on the new M5 machine.
What You Get for $1,149
For the discounted price, you are getting Apple’s 13-inch powerhouse: a 13.6-inch Retina display (2560×1664, 224ppi) with P3 Wide Color and True Tone, the Apple M5 chip with a 10-core CPU, 8-core GPU, and a 16-core Neural Engine built for on-device AI workloads. It comes paired with 16GB of unified memory and a fast 512GB SSD.
As always with the Air, portability is the headline: the whole machine measures just 0.44 inches thin and weighs 2.7 pounds in its unibody aluminum chassis. Two Thunderbolt 4 (USB-C) ports handle high-speed storage and external displays.
Should You Buy Now or Wait?
Apple discounts on current-generation MacBooks rarely arrive this early in a product cycle, and with Black Friday demand set to drive prices back up — or stock out entirely — this $150 cut is a genuine early-bird win. If you have been waiting for the M5 Air, this is the signal to act.
Deals like this do not last long, especially with holiday shopping season heating up. At $1,149, the M5 MacBook Air is the best-value Apple laptop on the market right now.
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Source: IGN — read the full story there.
