Dont worry about the MacBook Air shortages these official Apple refurbished deals are a better buy anyway

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Mon, 03 Aug 2026 20:00:00 +0000

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The MacBook Air is suffering shortages, but Apples refurbished store offers a great way to score a laptop deal.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Threads Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter The MacBook Air is suffering major shortages due to the memory crisis There are other ways to get a
MacBook Air, though One of the best is to get a refurbished model from Apple Youd think that increasing its product prices would make it a little easier
to pick up an Apple device, what with other customers staying away, but you might be wrong on that one. As per Bloombergs Mark Gurman, it looks like the MacBook Air is proving to be extremely difficult to find even with a $200 price increase.

Gurman states that Apples most popular Mac is experiencing unprecedented delays due to the ongoing memory crisis , with Apple retail employees telling Gurman that the company is struggling to keep the laptop in stock and that shipments of new units are more constrained than they can ever recall. But theres no need to worry if youre in the market for a MacBook Air, as theres one trick that can save you cash and help you get your hands on an Apple laptop despite the shortages. Thats by employing a tried-and-true method: buying refurbished. Latest Videos From TechRadar Watch full video here:

Indeed, one of the best ways to do this is through Apples own refurbished store . Purchasing a Mac this way gets you a device that has had any faulty
or defective parts replaced by genuine Apple alternatives. The product is cleaned, polished, and sent to you in a brand-new box with the same accessories youd get with a fresh device.

I bought my M1 Pro MacBook Pro this way , and it was virtually indistinguishable from a new Mac while saving me hundreds of dollars. Id absolutely go down this road again. You may like Apple's plan to sidestep the RAM crisis could be renting Macs to consumers 5 things to buy now before the RAM crisis worsens from SSDs to MacBooks I cant believe Im saying this, but the MacBook Neos $100 price bump means budget Windows 11 laptops are now the better buy A better way to buy (Image credit: Future) Looking at Apples refurbished Mac store in the US, there are currently some choice deals to be had. For example, you can get a 13-inch MacBook Air with an M5 chip , 16GB of memory and 512GB of storage for $1,099, which knocks $200 off the new, more expensive price.

Or you can get a 15-inch MacBook Air with that same combination of M5 chip, 16GB of memory and 512GB of storage for $1,269. Thats $230 off what youll pay for a new version of the same Mac. Get daily insight, inspiration and deals
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Over on Apples UK refurbished store, youll find those same models with
similar savings of 200 and 230 compared to new alternatives. That means these discounts aren't limited to only US buyers.

And its also worth looking at the MacBook Pro if you want to step up. You can save $380 / 380 on the M5 MacBook Pro with M5 Pro chip, 24GB of memory and
1TB of storage, bringing its price down to $2,119 / 2,119. Unlike the MacBook Air deals, this example reduces the MacBook Pros price to less than it was before Apples price increases it used to cost $2,199 / 2,199.

And remember that these devices come extremely close to the experience youd get with a brand-new MacBook. You might be able to get cheaper deals
elsewhere and its always worth shopping around but I dont think youll get anything up to Apples standards anywhere else.

So, if youve been trying to snap up a Mac and have found yourself despairing at the lack of availability, dont panic. There are still plenty of decent bargains to be had if you want that touch of Apple quality while still saving a respectable chunk of change. Follow TechRadar on Google News and add us as
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