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Apple MacBook Air Laptop (2022 M2 chip) Cyber Monday deals
Apple's latest M2-powered MacBook Air is a powerhouse of a laptop, offering a huge performance boost over the older Intel-powered MacBook Air, such as 15 times faster video editing -- (yes, video editing on a MacBook Air!) -- and all-day 18-hours of battery life.
The 2022 M2-powered MacBook Air redefines what users can expect from a highly portable system.
Need more storage and a more powerful GPU? Cyber Monday deals knock $150 off the M2 MacBook Air with 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD which features a more powerful 10-core GPU.
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Want more RAM? Here's an M2 MacBook Air with 16GB of RAM and a 512GB SSD for $150 off the normal price. The doubling of the RAM makes this system better suited to those who might want to take on heavyweight workloads such as video transcoding or processing photos.