If you miss Apple’s original ultraportables — or simply can’t afford to drop $1,299 on a new system — your best bet remains the MacBook Air. Although Apple sells the 13-inch model for $999, retailers are known to discount the Air’s price tag even further. As a case in point, Best Buy currently has the 13.3-inch MacBook Air (opens in new tab) with 8GB of RAM and a 128GB SSD for just $799.99. That’s $200 under the Apple Store’s price and beats last month’s best MacBook Air deal by $60. Sure, there’s no Retina screen and you’re relying on a 1.6-GHz 5th generation Core i5 CPU, but unless you’re a power user, that should be more than enough to get by. Plus, the MacBook Air still packs an impressive 14-hour battery life and includes all the ports you could possibly need in addition to an SD card slot and MagSafe connector. If you need a little more storage, Newegg has the 256GB 13-inch MacBook Air for $1,019.98. That’s $180 under Apple’s price and the cheapest 256GB Mac laptop you can buy.
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