Apple has only just launched a new version of the MacBook Air which ups the default memory from 8GB to a much more respectable 16GB, and now Amazon has slashed its price to a record low ahead of Black Friday - now just $849 (was $1,099).

Apple’s latest MacBook Air is getting the Black Friday treatment, dropping to a new best price of $849 on Amazon, a rare 23 percent off its original $1,099 price. That’s an absolutely lit discount for a laptop that’s only been out for about eight months, and doubly so because Apple tends to be stingy with its sales.

Amazon today has knocked the price off of multiple M3 MacBook Air models, with as much as $300 off select computers. Prices start at

Macworld Black Friday is our favorite time of the year because when else could you see a brand-new MacBook Air laptop drop to a new best price? The 15-inch M3 MacBook Air is now available for $1,234 at Amazon,