Fans of Apple's excellent MacBook hardware will be in for a rude awakening today, as Amazon Prime Day kicked off with a whopper of a sale, with the MacBook Air M3 hitting its lowest price yet thanks to a “Prime Big Deal” from megaton-class online retailer

Now, the MacBook Air M3 is available at a whopping $39999!

Right now, the 13-inch MacBook Air M3 sells for $849 on Amazon That's the lowest price ever paid for an Apple ultra-portable laptop Historically, we have never seen one of the best MacBooks made by the California company sell for less than $899 In other words, the regular price of a MacBook Air M3 is usually $1,099, so if you get this deal, you're saving $250

In his review of the MacBook Air M3, my computer buddy Tony Polanco described it as follows “A brilliant 136-inch display, a sleek, modern design, and four colors to choose from The new AiMojo is a great product and shares most of what made its predecessor so great: a brilliant 136” display, a sleek, modern design, and four color options Add to this a powerful M3 chip that delivers strong performance for work, gaming, and AI tasks, and this notebook is a winner

The M3 Air's biggest selling point, besides its stunning looks, is its battery life, which Tony praises as “extraordinary” In a test with the laptop's screen set to 150 nits brightness and constantly surfing the web, the MacBook Air M3 outperformed the competition, putting Acer's Swift Go 14 (9 minutes 50 seconds) and Dell XPS 14 (6 minutes 26 seconds) to shame in comparison

The M3 Air's 136 screen is stunningly beautiful (2,560 x 1,664), and its vibrant, punchy colors make it an ideal Netflix machine when not performing routine tasks on this surprisingly thin MacBook The display performed well in several display tests, including covering 109% of the SRGB color gamut and achieving a strong 02 (the lower the better) in the Delta-E test

What is another major selling point of this M3 Air? When it comes to portability, it is the ultimate MacBook Weighing only 27 pounds and measuring 1197 x 846 x 044 inches, it is the ideal laptop for the daily commute

We gave the 13-inch MacBook Air M3 a 45/5 and awarded it the Tom's Guide Editor's Award If you want a slim, sleek MacBook with an impressive screen and POWER M3 CPU performance, you need to check out this bargain