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MacBook Air M5 Falls to $1,099 for Prime Day, Matching Its Lowest Price Since Apple's Increases

Amazon's Prime Day sale cuts the 13-inch MacBook Air with Apple's M5 chip to $1,099 from $1,299 in the US and to £1,199 from £1,299 in the UK, the lowest price since Apple's component-cost increases.

AI News Feed · 2026-10-07 03:16

The deal covers the 13-inch MacBook Air M5; TechRadar's review unit was a 16GB/512GB configuration. The publication gave the machine 4.5 stars and a TechRadar Recommends award, calling it one of the best ultraportable business laptops around. Its editor-at-large, Lance, wrote that the laptop offers "the best mix of winning design, near-pro-level performance, and battery life you can find in an ultraportable," describing it as "an exquisite, lightweight yet durable laptop that fits perfectly into your work, play, home life, and the Apple ecosystem."

In testing, TechRadar said the M5-powered machine handled photo editing, video editing and productivity workloads, and even managed some gaming, despite a chassis it describes as tablet-thin. Lance also called it "still the best ultraportable I've ever used."

TechRadar recommends the laptop for business professionals, creators and students who prioritize portability without giving up performance. It notes that the current price is the lowest the MacBook Air has been since Apple announced a series of price increases tied to an ongoing component cost crisis that has pushed up the cost of anything containing memory and storage. The last time the laptop sold at this level was in October 2025, also during a Prime Day event, the publication said.

For buyers whose work involves intensive tasks such as 4K video editing, TechRadar advises considering the MacBook Pro instead, particularly configurations built around the M5 Max and M5 Pro chips, which it says are better suited to that kind of load. The publication said it is also tracking other October Prime Day deals aimed at home offices, and the article was written by Steve, its B2B editor for creative and hardware at TechRadar Pro.