Overview
- Walmart is selling new, not refurbished, M1 MacBook Air units for $549 in the 8GB RAM/256GB storage configuration in Silver and Space Gray, with Gold sold out.
- The price marks a new low after prior cuts from $699 in March 2024 to $649 and then $599 earlier this year.
- Apple released the M1 MacBook Air in November 2020 and discontinued it after launching M3 models, later updating the Air lineup with M4 chips.
- The M1 MacBook Air currently runs macOS 26, and reporting notes it may not be supported by macOS 27 next year.
- Black Friday Mac discounts extend to newer models, including Amazon’s M5 MacBook Pro at $1,399.99 for the 10-core, 16GB/512GB configuration and Best Buy’s M2 MacBook Air with 16GB RAM at $649.