Hurry! The MacBook Air M2 just dropped to $899 at Best Buy

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Best Buy's 3-Day sale slashes up to $250 off select Apple MacBooks. Now is a great time to pick up one of our top recommended laptops for an incredibly low price.

For today only, the Starlight Gold color variant MacBook Air M2 is on sale for $899 at Best Buy. It normally costs $1,099, so that's $200 in savings and the lowest outright price for this MacBook Air M2 to date. It briefly fell to $849 early this year, however, that was My Best Buy Plus member exclusive.

This is one of the best Cyber Week MacBook deals available right now.

Today's best 13-inch MacBook M2 deal

Apple 13" MacBook Air M2
Was: $1,099
Now: $899 @ Best Buy
Overview:
Save $200 on Apple's 13-inch MacBook Air M2 — the best overall laptop to buy.

Features: 13.6-inch (2560 x 1664) Liquid Retina display, M2 8-core processor, 8-Core GPU, 8GB of RAM, 256GB of SSD storage., Magic Keyboard, Touch Bar, and Touch ID.

Release date: July 2022

Price check: Amazon $1,077| B&H $949

Price history: This is the lowest price we've seen for the 13-inch MacBook Air M2 outright. Back in September, it briefly fell to $849 for My Best Buy paid membership holders.

Reviews: In our MacBook Air M2 review, we gave it a high rating of 4.5 out of 5-stars and backed it with our Editor's Choice Award. In real-world tests, we were floored by the MacBook Air M2's elegant redesign, fantastic performance and bright, colorful screen. As for battery-life, it endured 14 hours in our Laptop Mag Battery test which is pretty solid.

Laptop Mag: ★★★★½ | Tom's Guide: ★★★★½ | TechRadar: ★★★★

Buy it if: You want a portable, MacBook Pro alternative. This 13-inch M2 is adequate for day-to-day computing and powerful enough for video editing and casual gaming. As a bonus, the Magic Keyboard is a pleasure to type on.

Don't it buy if: You want a laptop for competitive gaming. While the MacBook Air M2 can run select MacOS-optimized games smoothly with solid frame rates. You may encounter subpar performance with non-optimized titles.

Hilda Scott uses her combined passion for gadgets and bargain shopping to bring you the best prices on all things tech. She has a bachelor’s degree in film and media studies from Hunter College and 11 years of tech and entertainment journalism. Her work has been featured on Tom’s Guide, iTechPost, Examiner.com, Parlemag, Enstars, and Latin Times. When she's not scouting for the best deals, Hilda’s catching up on her favorite TV shows and pro-wrestling matches.