Writer’s note: With Amazon’s second Prime Day sale of the year happening on October 8th, we could see steeper MacBook discounts across the board in short order. That being said, we’ve already put together a guide to the best early Prime Day deals we’re seeing.
Apple currently sells MacBooks equipped with its own M-series chips in a wide range of sizes and price points. It recently discontinued the M1 MacBook Air to make room for the M3 Air, but some retailers are still selling the last-gen laptop starting at $649 — a far cry from the $2,499 starting price of the latest 16-inch MacBook Pro. Purchasing a new MacBook can certainly be a pricey endeavor, but thankfully, finding a deal on a current M3-based model is actually not that…