Apple - MacBook Air 13-inch Laptop - M5 chip with 10-core CPU and 8-core GPU - 16GB Memory…
Amazon lists this laptop at $1,299.00 and is selling it at $1,236.69. What that −5% is really worth is the question this page answers.
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Key features
Apple M5 with 10 core CPU and 8 core GPU, the core setup that drives everyday apps and light creative work
16GB unified memory, enough headroom for many browser tabs and multitasking without slowdown
512GB SSD, a comfortable middle size for apps, documents and a photo library
13 inch screen, the size that keeps the machine small enough to carry daily
Fanless Apple silicon design, so it runs quiet and sips power for long unplugged sessions
Apple wireless and port standards for this model, covering Wi Fi, Bluetooth and charging
The MacBook Air and its charging cable and power adapter, ready to set up out of the box
MDH74LL/A, the specific Apple part number to match when comparing listings
Compiled from the Best Buy listing and the manufacturer's published data
The 13-inch MacBook Air with the Apple M5 chip, a 10-core CPU, an 8-core GPU, 16GB of memory, and a 512GB SSD is a lightweight laptop built for everyday productivity, web browsing, and light creative work. The −5% is thin — buy it for the specification, not the saving.
Listing dated to end 1 November 2026
Check price at AmazonPrice verified 23 October 2026, 23:19 ET
The 13-inch MacBook Air with the Apple M5 chip, a 10-core CPU, an 8-core GPU, 16GB of memory, and a 512GB SSD is a lightweight laptop built for everyday productivity, web browsing, and light creative work. Its M5 chip and unified memory design make it stand out for balancing performance and power efficiency in a thin, fanless form factor.
Apple's 13 inch MacBook Air with the M5 chip suits students, commuters and office users who want a light laptop with strong everyday performance.
Reading the discount
That is a narrow gap, and it is worth being blunt about it: a cut this small is closer to price noise than to a sale. If the specification does not stand on its own at $1,236.69, the discount will not carry it.
One caveat we will not paper over: this is measured against Amazon's own listed price, not against the lowest figure the product has ever carried. Our record of this listing starts on 9 September 2026, so it is a comparison, not a history.
The listing carries an end date of 1 November 2026. Retailers pull pages early and without warning, so read that as the outer edge rather than a promise.
What else the tracker has at this money
The closest tracked listings in laptops are Apple - MacBook Air 15-inch Laptop - M5 chip with 10-core CPU and 10-core GPU - 16GB Memory - 512GB SSD - Silver at $1,459.99 (Amazon) and HP - OmniBook X Flip 2-in-1 - Copilot+ PC - 16" 2K Touch-Screen Laptop - Intel Core Ultra 7 - 16GB Memory - 1TB SSD - Eclipse Gray at $859.00 (Best Buy). So this sits in the middle of its own bracket — which is usually the least interesting place to be unless the specification says otherwise.
These are the nearest listings by price that our tracker currently holds, not a survey of the market. Anything not on sale at one of the six retailers we follow does not appear here at all.
The strongest reason to pick it is the M5 chip paired with 16GB memory and a 512GB SSD in a 13 inch body, a balance of performance and portability that covers most daily work.
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Against the alternatives
Best figure in row| Apple - MacBook Air 13-inch Laptop - M5 chip witMDH74LL/A | Apple - MacBook Air 15-inch Laptop - M5 chip witMDV94LL/A | HP - OmniBook X Flip 2-in-1 - Copilot+ PC - 16" 16-as0023dx | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deal price | $1,236.69 | $1,459.99 | $859.00 |
| List price | $1,299.00 | — | — |
| Discount | −5% | — | — |
| Brand | Apple | Apple | HP |
| Model | MDH74LL/A | MDV94LL/A | 16-as0023dx |
| Retailer | Amazon | Amazon | Best Buy |
| Offer ends | 1 November 2026 | 30 October 2026 | 5 November 2026 |
The nearest tracked listings by price in laptops. Figures are the retailer’s own, collected when each listing was last read.
What works
- Listed in stock at Amazon when last checked
What to weigh
- The discount is −5% — a small movement against the list price rather than a deep cut
- The listing is dated to end 1 November 2026
- The retailer has not published a full specification table for this listing, so the details below are limited to what the listing itself states
- No buyer rating was published on the listing at the time it was read, so there is no owner feedback to weigh
- Listed at 2 retailers — compare the current page price at each before buying
- ElectroFinds does not test products. Everything above comes from the listing, the manufacturer's published data and generated summaries of them
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Common questions
It is −5% below the $1,299.00 that Amazon lists for this configuration, a saving of $62.31. That is a comparison against the retailer's own listed price on the date shown, not against every price the product has ever carried.
Apple - MacBook Air 13-inch Laptop - M5 chip with 10-core CPU and 8-core GPU… · MDH74LL/A · at Amazon
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