Today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break deals are now ready to roll. We are starting off with a particularly notable and rare discount on the M3 MacBook Air for folks looking to save a ton over going with the M4 model – the 24GB 13-inch is now $500 off the original list price. We are also tracking a solid $310 drop on this 24GB M4 Pro MacBook Pro model at Amazon to join the 48GB setup at $364 off. We also have a new all-time low on this Titanium Apple Watch Series 10 Milanese model at $196 off as well as deep deals on iPhone 15 Pro and some sweet leather Apple Watch bands. Scope it all out below.
Rare deal has Apple’s 13-inch 24GB M3 MacBook Air at $500 off the orig. list price today
We have a seen a number of opportunities to a land a deep discount on the previous-generation 15-inch M3 MacBook Air, but deals on the more affordable 13-inch are far more rare. There are some deals floating around out there on the now quite underwhelming 8GB, but this morning we spotted a particularly notable discount on the 24GB model via B&H at $500+ off the original list price.
B&H is now offering the 13-inch M3 MacBook Air with 24GB of RAM and the 512GB SSD down at $999 shipped. This deal is live on both the Silver and Space Gray models.
The 13-inch 24GB M3 Air started life at $1,699, but dropped to $1,499 after Apple ditched the 8GB RAM setup in late October last year. Today’s deal is $500 off that new original list price on this machine.
For the record, this model is completely sold out at Amazon.
But with a newer model releasing earlier this year, price comparisons to the M4 are a better way to gauge how solid this deal is or not for you. The 13-inch M4 MacBook Air with the same RAM and storage specs carries a $1,399 list price – Apple reduced the price of the latest model by $100. And we have seen this one down at $1,199 a number of times over the last couple months.
So today’s deal on the M3 is $700 off its original list price, $500 under the more recent list price, and $200 under the most commonly available deal price on the comparable M4 machine.
I would argue the M3 MacBook Air is still a solid machine, and you might be waiting until this time next year before you start seeing the M4 model down at $400 or $500 off.
Amazon has the 16-inch 24GB M4 Pro MacBook Pro at $310 off today in Space Black
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