This base model M1 MacBook Air in gold can be yours for a bargain price from Amazon
Good lord, that's cheap.
The release of Apple's latest MacBook Airs has caused Apple to discontinue the hardy M1 MacBook Air model that got the fun of the Apple Silicon revolution started, and it still remains a fantastic laptop for most people that can be had for good money. A case in point for this is that the base model MacBook Air M1 is available from Amazon for just £799, giving you a lot of laptop for 20 percent off its previous £999 list price.
Even though this is getting on for a four year old device, it remains a fantastic option for most people who want a thin, quiet laptop that packs some serious power for everything from productivity workloads to editing highly-detailed video. The M1, with its eight core CPU and 6-core GPU, blitzes its Windows-based competition from the time, and is far and above the older Intel MacBooks in terms of performance, thermals and general noise levels under load, especially given it's fanless. I should note that this is the base level spec, with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. On paper, it seems heinous to recommend a device with 8GB of RAM, but thankfully, the efficiency of the M1 chip makes this configuration surprisingly workable.
You're also getting one of Apple's Retina displays with a 2560x1600 resolution and excellent coverage of the specialist DCI-P3 colour gamut, making it a great choice for content creation workloads, such as video editing on Final Cut Pro. A quoted 18 hours of battery life also provides plenty of runtime. The only issue is its meagre port selection of a pair of USB-Cs, one of which will be taken up by a charging cable. You will have to purchase a USB-C dongle with extra ports, but these can be had reasonably affordably these days, and is an easy fix.
If you're after a powerful Apple laptop for a bargain basement price, this deal from Amazon on the base-model M1 MacBook Air is not to be missed.