Amazon is selling two 13-inch M5 MacBook Air configurations for $200 less, matching the Prime Day prices and the lowest the M5 Air has hit since summer.
The 13-inch model with 16GB of memory (RAM) and a 1TB solid-state drive (SSD, the storage) costs $1,399, down from $1,599. The 24GB/1TB version costs $1,599, down from $1,799. A price-tracking outlet that covers Apple deals said these are among the best prices it has seen since Apple raised the M5 Air's prices. It also said it earns affiliate commissions on some of these links.
The discount works out to about 12.5% on the first model and 11% on the second. That is a real saving, though both are upgraded configurations rather than a base model. The source gives no price for any cheaper variant.
The detail worth noting is that the price did not go lower than Prime Day. Amazon's biggest sale event set a floor of $200 off, and the current discount merely returns to it. Anyone who skipped the sale is not missing anything now, but anyone hoping for a deeper cut has no evidence in this listing that one is coming.
The outlet's wording is the useful context here. "Post-hike" prices imply the sticker price rose at some point, so even a $200 cut is measured against a higher starting line than before. Whether holiday sales push below this level is the open question, and the source offers no forecast.