The MacBook Air 13-inch (M2) is down to its lowest-ever price – and it’s worth every penny

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A MacBook is seemingly expensive on the surface, but you always get a laptop that’s built to last for many years to come. That’s why I'm drawn to this particular offer in the early Black Friday sales. Today, you can buy the MacBook Air 13-inch (M2) at Currys for £699 (was £849), which is the lowest price it has ever been.

The laptop is three years old, but Apple hardware doesn’t date as fast as PC setups. I say this as an owner of a MacBook Pro (M1). It still doesn’t miss a beat and is great for video editing as well as regular daily tasks. With this MacBook Air deal, you get a better chip in the M2 – one that is still powerful and efficient for everyday use, and at a fantastic low price.

Today’s best MacBook deal

Apple MacBook Air 13-inch (M2)
Apple MacBook Air 13-inch (M2): was £849 now £699 at Currys Mobile

The MacBook Air 13-inch (M2) has all the essentials you need to get things done – and it's down to a record-low price at Currys for Black Friday. In addition to that excellent CPU, it boasts 16GB of RAM and 256GB of SSD storage. A slim build makes it easy to carry on your commute or take to class, while it offers up to 18 hours of battery life, so it’s good to go all day long and beyond. Its Liquid Retina display looks great, while there are useful extras like Touch ID and a 1080p FaceTime HD camera.

Our MacBook Air 13-inch (M2) review gave it a very easy-to-recommend 4.5 stars out of five. We loved its (for the time) “great new design”, as well as its “very good performance” – both things that have aged well even now.

We called it “a great upgrade from the MacBooks that came before, and it's ideal for students,” and that remains the case now. That goes even more so if you’re on a tight budget, making pricier entries in our guide to the best MacBooks less viable.

More storage would have been nice, but that’s the only significant downside I can see here. You can always circumvent that by using cloud storage such as iCloud. Other than that, this is a great entry point to the MacBook world without spending a ton.

If you want to see what else is around, there’s a growing number of good laptop deals. If you’d prefer to play games on the move, take a look at the gaming laptop deals available right now too.

Jennifer Allen
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Jennifer is a roving tech freelancer with over 10 years experience. Having graduated from Swansea University with a degree in Media and Communication Studies, and later with a diploma from Staffordshire University with a post graduate diploma in Computer Games Design, she's written for a huge number of publications, including T3, FitandWell, Top Ten Reviews, Eurogamer, NME and many more. 


Her main areas of interest are all things B2B, smart technology, wearables, speakers, headphones, and anything gaming related, and you'll find her writing everything from product reviews to buying guides and hunting down the latest coupon codes to save you money. In her spare time, she enjoys the cinema, walking, and attempting to train her pet guinea pigs. She is yet to succeed.

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