Apple's new M4 MacBook Air launches today, and Amazon has launch day discounts worth $50 across nearly every model. You'll need to

Macworld Apple’s new M4 MacBook Air just landed in stores this week, and we’re already seeing its first $50 discount, including the new sky blue color. This means you can get the latest MacBook Air for $949.

The new MacBook Air 15-inch (M4) is the best 15-inch laptop you can buy for the money, though we'd like to see bigger performance gains in the future.

The M4 version continues that same trend. It’s fast, efficient, and lightweight—the three hallmark characteristics of the MacBook Air. The fact that it excels at all three is why it’s the most delightful laptop you can buy.

The biggest discount of $550 comes if you have a MacBook Air M3 to hand over, but you also get $500 for the M2 version and up to $300 for a MacBook Air M1. Additionally, Best Buy Plus and Total members get a further $50 off, potentially bringing the price under $400. This is one of the best MacBook Air deals we've seen in a long time.

Apple rarely offers you more for less, especially in its most popular products with the broadest appeal. It has perfected the measured, iterative year-over-year product cycle. But for the 13- and 15-inch M4 MacBook Airs, Apple has put new chips in its established design while shoring up the device’s biggest flaws and dropping the price by $100.

Apple's M4 MacBook Air is shaping up to be an affordable powerhouse. In newly released benchmarks, it performs almost as well as the M4 MacBook Pro, all for $600 less.

Today we're tracking a collection of discounts on Apple's M4 MacBook Pro at Amazon, including as much as $450 off select models of