Looking for a cheap MacBook Air certainly won’t be an easy task, that’s for sure. After all when you consider that the entry level Air comes in at over a thousand pounds, (regardless of where you buy it from) then you’re going to have to dig deep.
The thing about finding a cheap Apple laptop is that there aren’t really a lot of places you can go. When you think about it, you hundreds of manufacturers make PCs and all of these need to keep their prices as low as possible because nobody will buy their products otherwise. This is not so for Apple and the MacBook Air.
Remember Apple aren’t just a brand, they’re a type of computer. I know this sounds obvious for Apple lovers but if you’re shopping around looking for a cheap MacBook Air, maybe as a present for someone else you might not know this, so read on.
Apple have their own operating system, their own PCs (known as iMacs) and their own laptops (known as MacBooks). Unlike PCs that are manufactured by Sony, Dell, Toshiba etc Apples are made by one company - Apple. Therefore they have precisely zero competition to worry about, so whatever price they quote is the price you’re going to have to pay if you want to get your hands on one of their systems.
However, if you’re a student you can get a cheap MacBook Air with the discount Apple allow for people in education so make sure you take advantage of this.
