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Taking the top spot in our guide to the best high-end laptops, The Independent’s technology critic, David Phelan, gave this machine high praise, noting that the “M1 chip is breathtakingly fast,” making everything “amazingly speedy.” Phelan added that the “magic keyboard, as Apple calls it, is dreamy to use, responsive and comfortable with plenty of travel to make it feel good.” Get the latest Black Friday and Cyber Monday offers by following on Twitter and subscribing to the Engadget Deals newsletter. If you can't afford to step up to the more powerful 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pros, it may be worth considering. We have a harder time recommending that model over the M2 Air given its more dated design and similar storage limitations, but its battery lasts a little longer, and its built-in fan makes it a bit more performant for heavier tasks. In other Mac deals, the base 13-inch MacBook Pro is down to $1,149, which is within $50 of the lowest price we've seen. If it is, this deal should still be a good value. The bigger issue might be whether 256GB is enough space for you in the first place. However, for streaming 4K video, web browsing across a bunch of Chrome tabs, word processing, email, lighter editing, and other more common tasks, the real-world differences with this configuration shouldn't be hugely noticeable. If you're looking to do more involved tasks like high-res media editing, it's likely worth stepping up to 512GB version, which is currently $150 off its MSRP as well.

This means the base version of the M2 Air is markedly slower in benchmarks when it comes to read and write speeds.

Higher-capacity SKUs and even the M1 MacBook Air, meanwhile, are equipped with multiple flash storage chips they can use in parallel. On this model (as well as the base 13-inch MacBook Pro), Apple uses a single NAND chip to hold all 256GB of storage.

The big caveat to note is specific to this entry-level configuration, which includes 8GB of memory and 256GB of SSD storage. The M1 Air is still a fine laptop for everyday use if you're looking to spend less - it's currently available for $899 - but the M2 model is a clear upgrade. It's a good ways pricier than the M1-based Air even with this discount, and you'll have to get onboard with an iPhone-like display notch, but the extra cash gets you a sharper 1080p webcam (compared to a 720p unit before), much-improved speakers, slimmer display bezels and faster charging support with a dedicated MagSafe connector, alongside the slightly larger display. We gave the new MacBook Air a review score of 96 earlier this year, praising its thin and typically well-crafted design, vibrant 13.6-inch display, lengthy battery life, reliable keyboard and trackpad, and fast performance aided by Apple's M2 system-on-a-chip.