I don’t care if you hate Apple – I’m going to sell you a MacBook Air in the next 6 hours

The end of Prime Day is nigh – it ends at midnight tonight, July 17 – so in the last few hours I’ve set myself a challenge: to sell you a MacBook Air.

To be clear, I’m not doing this because I’ll make money. While TechRadar does earn commissions from some sales, I just get paid a regular wage to write about all things computing.

So, why am I so intent on selling you a MacBook Air? Could it be because after two days of solid deals writing and not enough sleep, I’m slightly delirious? Perhaps.

Actually, it’s because I genuinely think the MacBook Air deals below are the best Prime Day laptop deals out there. Not just because there has been some hefty price cuts, but because the MacBook Air is easily one of the best laptops you can buy – and that’s true even if you think you’re no fan of Apple.

I’ve always preferred Windows devices, but the M1 MacBook, launched in 2020, changed that. If you think Apple is all style over substance, then the recent MacBook Air models should change your mind. The M series of chips, based on ARM and designed by Apple, are excellent performers for day-to-day tasks, and even for more intensive tasks like video editing.

Thanks to the M1, M2, and newer M3 chips being so energy efficient, modern MacBook Airs are fanless, so they’re almost completely silent when in use. And, this means battery life is also excellent, far outlasting many Windows 11 laptops.

Apple can also sometimes be accused of hawking over-priced devices just because it can. The $3,500 Vision Pro certainly didn’t help with that perception, but the MacBook Air is the opposite. Even without sales, the MacBook Air offers exceptional value for money. The M2 MacBook Air can be had for under $1,000 / £1,000, yet it outperforms pretty much any Windows laptop at that price point. Meanwhile, traditional competitors like the Dell XPS 13 are quite a bit more expensive. And on Prime Day, thanks to some serious price cuts, all modern generations of the MacBook Air offer even better value for money.

So, as we approach the end of Prime Day 2024, put your anti-Apple bias aside (if you have any) and take a look at these brilliant MacBook Air deals – I guarantee that you’ll be glad you did.

Today’s best MacBook Air deals

US MacBook Air deals

UK MacBook Air deals

If you’re a Windows 11 user looking who’s for a new laptop that’s under $1,000 / £1,000, the MacBook Air is definitely worth considering.

Sure, macOS takes a bit of getting used to, but it’s a solid operating system that rarely crashes. Also, unlike Windows 11, there aren’t an increasing number of adverts and pop-ups appearing in macOS, and yearly updates are free.

You might not love Apple, but if you’re getting sick of Windows 11, Prime Day is a great excuse to jump ship with a MacBook Air. You only have a few hours left to make that jump at these prices, however…

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