Start your week off right with these hand-picked offers, all part of this balanced breakfast. Our inaugural discount this week sees the M1-equipped MacBook Air discounted to $849.99 at Best Buy from the usual price of $999.99. This is the best discount we’ve seen yet on the 256GB model of the M1-equipped MacBook Air, making it a great opportunity to get your hands on this lightweight Apple laptop. If you need a model with a little more storage space, you can also get the 512GB model for $1,049.99a $200 discount off the regular price.
It may not share the same level of performance with the newer M2-loaded MacBooks, but the lightweight form factor and impressive battery life still make the M1 MacBook Air an excellent choice for a daily driver, especially for college students returning to academia. Read our review.
Continuing our Apple tangent, the latest models of the iPad Mini and the latest generation of the iPad Air are on sale at their best ever prices. Normally priced at $459.99, the 64GB configuration of the 2021 iPad Mini is: currently discounted to $399.99 at Targetwhile the iPad Air is $599.99 currently discounted to $449.99 at Best Buy.
The latest model of the iPad Mini may not have the reassuring presence of the Home button, but the larger screen more than makes up for its absence. The 8.3-inch display has a resolution of 2266 x 1488 and features True Tone technology that allows you to match the display to the lighting in your environment. Keep in mind that this version of the iPad Mini won’t work with Apple’s smart keyboard or Magic Keyboard folio, but it’s still compatible with the second-generation Apple Pencil. Read our review.
The older model of the iPad Air may not have Apple’s great M1 CPU, but the A14 Bionic processor can still provide enough power for most users. The tablet is also compatible with several iPad Air accessories, allowing you to transform it into an ad hoc laptop using add-ons such as Apple’s Magic Keyboard. The 10.9-inch tablet offers a great Retina display with a resolution of 2360 x 1640 and a wide color gamut, not to mention a USB-C port for charging. Read our review.
If you’re looking for a slightly cheaper tablet, both the standard and Plus models of Amazon’s latest Fire HD 8 tablet are discounted to their lowest price ever at Best Buy. The standard HD 8 tablet was originally priced at $89.99, but retails for $44.99while the HD 8 Plus costs $64.99 (normally $109.99). While these prices are for the 32 GB configurations of the tablets, Best Buy has also applied similar discounts to the 64 GB models. It’s worth noting, though, that both models can expand their base storage with microSD cards.
The standard version of the 10th-generation Fire HD 8 tablet has an 8-inch IPS LCD display with a resolution of 1280 x 800. The relatively low-end processor and 2 GB of RAM make it difficult to recommend this tablet for anything. has to do with work, but it fits the bill for media streaming or light gaming.
The Amazon HD 8 Plus mirrors the standard model in almost every aspect, but includes some key differences. It includes 3GB of RAM, which makes it a little easier to handle concurrent apps, and it features wireless charging capabilities, which in some cases allows it to serve as an Echo Show if you mount it on a charging dock. Even with its extra RAM, the HD 8 Plus is quite slow by modern standards, but remains an excellent choice for a dirt-cheap tablet. Read our review of the Fire HD 8 Plus.
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