If you’re eager to buy a MacBook Pro but want to save some money, Amazon has a great deal on the 14-inch MacBook Pro M3 right now. This laptop is available for $1,300 for the model with 8GB of RAM and 512GB of storage, which is a $300 discount (a bigger discount than what we saw during Amazon Prime Day in July).
This version normally costs $1,500, so you’re saving a lot of money. However, keep in mind that October Prime Day is coming up — Amazon has announced it will return this year, though no specific date has been revealed yet. It’s likely we’ll see deeper discounts during that sale event, but that’s not guaranteed.
This is the latest MacBook Pro with the M3 chip that was released last year. It comes with a 14-inch display, 8-core CPU, and 10-core GPU. We loved this laptop in our official review, calling its design a “huge improvement” over the previous MacBook Pro release and praising the “spectacular” Liquid Retina XDR display, rich selection of ports, and fast M3 processor.
This machine also made it onto our list of the best MacBooks, and for good reason. We called it the “best MacBook for creative people” thanks to its incredibly efficient and powerful CPU. Apple silicon is no joke. Battery life is great, lasting nearly 24 hours on a charge. That’s almost three full work days.
There is a caveat here. This is the model with 8GB of RAM and 512GB of storage. Storage is fine, as are plenty of ports for external drives and an SD card slot. However, if you’re buying a MacBook Pro instead of an Air, it might be a good idea to buy the model with 16GB of RAM to get the most out of the machine. Luckily, the 1TB/16GB version is also on sale for $1,700 on Amazon.
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Apple’s 11-inch iPad Air and Google’s Pixel 8a phone are $100 off, while the Meta Quest 3S and OLED TVs from LG and Sony are also cheaper than usual. We’re also seeing some price drops on video games and gaming accessories that we recommend. Here are this week’s best tech deals that you can still buy today.