The MacBook Air M4 is our laptop of the year and it's back to a record-low price

The MacBook Air 13-inch (M4) on a pink background with text saying Lowest Price.
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We’ve recently announced our laptop of the year, and with perfect timing, it’s just hit a record-low price. Right now, you can buy the MacBook Air 13-inch (M4) at Best Buy for $799 (was $999) – and it’s a steal of a deal.

That’s because the latest MacBook Air M4 has just come out on top in the TechRadar Choice Awards 2025, meaning you can’t go wrong with it. It has a stylish and modern design, while the M4 chip offers excellent performance for both daily tasks and more demanding workloads, such as video and photo editing.

Today’s best MacBook deal

Apple MacBook Air 13-inch (M4)
Apple MacBook Air 13-inch (M4): was $999 now $799 at Best Buy

The MacBook Air has all the essentials and more, thanks to its exceptional performance, gorgeous 13.6-inch Liquid Retina display, and up to 18 hours of battery life. This model has the powerful M4 chip, 16GB of RAM and 256GB of SSD storage, which will be fine for most working needs.

Our Apple MacBook Air 13-inch (M4) review had so many wonderful things to say about it. We called it the “best ultraportable”, remarking that its “design is still the best”, it offers “all-day battery life”, and its “M4 chip delivers top-notch performance”.

It’s the best MacBook to buy right now. Sure, the Apple M5 chip has just been unveiled, but that’s only for the MacBook Pro and iPad Pro at the moment. Plus, it’s not as big an upgrade as you might expect. The M4 chip in the MacBook Air can handle whatever you plan on doing.

Rounding things off well, the MacBook Air has a design which is less than half an inch thick and incredibly light, so it’ll easily fit into your bag. It also has neat extras like a 12MP Center Stage webcam, three mics, and four speakers with Spatial Audio. Ideal for relaxing during downtime and watching a movie.

For the money, you’re not really going to get anything better. However, if your budgets or needs differ, check out the laptop deals available at the moment. For gamers, check out the gaming laptop deals going on at the moment 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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