Best MacBook deal: Get an M4 MacBook Air for its lowest price

SAVE $200: As of Aug. 10, get the Apple MacBook Air, 13-inch (M4, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD) for $799 at Amazon, down from its usual price of $999. That's a discount of 20% and the lowest price we've seen.

It's time to head back to school, so whether that means you or your kids are piling goodies into a backpack for class, a good computer is important to have. It's also one of the best times to score a good deal on a laptop, so you're in luck if you need to go shopping. And you won't want to miss this particularly good deal on an M4 MacBook Air, which is back down to one of the lowest prices we've seen.

As of Aug. 10, get the Apple MacBook Air, 13-inch (M4, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD) for $799 at Amazon, down from its usual price of $999. That's a discount of 20% and $200 off. It's also the lowest price we've seen.

The M4 MacBook Air is our top pick for the best MacBooks, as well as our guide to the best laptops you can buy. It's the recipient of our Mashable Choice Award, and it happens to be a portable powerhouse that can handle a variety of use cases, even if you're going to skip school and start working with it instead.

The laptop itself is slim, lightweight, and a quiet powerhouse backed by an M4 processor that can handle multitasking, graphic design, presentation creation, and just about anything else. It boasts a lengthy battery life for all-day use and a fantastic webcam so you can attend virtual class or work Zoom meetings. All of this for just $700.

There are few other similarly priced products with stats like that beyond the Windows realm, so if you're ready to join the Apple ecosystem or just want something new that's worth investing in, this is the time to snag a MacBook Air.