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Now sitting alongside yesterday’s deal on Apple Pencil Pro and Apple’s upgraded 24GB 14-inch M4 Pro MacBook Pro at $270 off, today we are kicking things off with a massive price drop on the super-powerful M4 Max MacBook Pro. You can now score an open-box 36GB M4 Max MacBook Pro with a 1-year Apple warranty at $774 off the list price or a brand-new unit at $350 off. From there we have the return of rock-bottom pricing on 24GB M3 MacBook Air at $600 off the original price alongside on new lows on official Apple Watch Trail Loop and Alpine Loop models at 20% off the going rate, as well as one of our favorite full-grain leather Apple Watch bands at 47% off. Head below for more.

Save a massive $774 on Apple’s latest 36GB M4 Max MacBook Pro (open-box, 1-yr. warranty), or $350 off brand new

While we are still tracking a series of 2025 Amazon lows on various M4 MacBook Pro configurations (you’ll find those below), those looking for some serious power can now score a sweet deal on the M4 Max setup. Firstly, Apple’s most affordable stock M4 Max configuration with 36GB of RAM and the 1TB SSD carries a $3,199 list price, but Amazon is now offering the Space Black model down at $2,849 shipped, or $350 off the going rate. This is the lowest price we have tracked on the Space Black model. But you can also head below for a serious price drop on an open-box unit.

We did see a short-lived one day Black Friday offer on this model last year at $50 off, but today’s deal is otherwise on par with the best we have seen on the Space Black variant. There have also been some in-store only offers for less than this, but when it comes to online deals anyone can score right now, this is a solid $350 price drop.

For the record, this model is carrying a $3,049 deal price at Best Buy, but you will find open-box listings down at $2,424.99 shipped in “excellent condition” and with a full 1-year Apple warranty. That’s a massive $774 off the going rate and easily among the best prices we have tracked from a reputable source with an actual Apple warranty attached.

Now clearly, even at $774 off, the M4 Max is a bit of a niche model for all but the most power hungry of users – serious Final Cut sessions, scientific applications, 3D rendering, and so on – so most folks can likely side step it for something more affordable in the lineup. And here are the best deals we are tracking right now on those:

Amazon’s giant $400 price drop on the upgraded 24GB M3 MacBook Air is back at $1,099 ($600 off the orig. price)

Update 3/19: Amazon’s stock on the heavily discounted 13-inch M3 MacBook Air with 24GTB of RAM and the 512GB SSD is now live again down at $1,099 (Reg. $1,499, Orig. $1,699). Details below in the original post.

The brand new M4 MacBook Air has now arrived and is now up for pre-order on Amazon starting from $999 – you’ll also find some notable trade-in deals at Best Buy and straight up $50 cash discounts for paid members. Starting prices have dropped by $100 and there’s a sweet new Sky Blue colorway too, but Amazon is now starting to clear out the M3 MacBook Airs with the best prices we have tracked to date. We are talking about prices at $300 off, or $500 off the original prices here. Details below.

While the most affordable M3 models are still at $200 off the new list prices (or $400 off the original prices), the 24GB configurations on both the 13-inch and 15-inch models have now dropped another $100 for the best prices ever:

As a quick reminder, Apple upped the RAM count on these models late last year without changing the price. So while the listings on Amazon mark a $300 discount off the going rate, these configurations are both $500 off the original prices.

Both sizes of the latest official blue Apple Watch Trail Loop now at the $79 all-time low

Many of the models and sizes in the ongoing Amazon Apple Watch band sale are still in-stock, with several of the official Apple 2024 models now sitting down at the best prices to date. That said, we wanted to give the latest official Apple Trail Loop in Blue some special attention while both sizes are now sitting down at the $79 shipped all-time low.

Regularly $99, this is a straight 20% price drop and the lowest price we have tracked on this model to date. And, just as we mentioned in our coverage of the Tan Alpine Loop recently, this is on par with the lowest price we have tracked on any of the new official models Apple released last fall.

It is not often we see all of the sizes available on sale at the same time, and almost never on the newest models – today’s deal features both the S/M and M/L Trail Loops in blue at the lowest price yet.

Today’s accessories and charging deals:

Score a new M3 iPad Air or iPad mini 7? The compatible Apple Pencil Pro is at $99 holiday pricing (Nearly 25% off)

If you just scooped up a new M3 iPad Air (hopefully not at full price), one of the latest iPad mini 7 models that are now $100 off, or some of the big-time deals we have featured on the M4 iPad Pro lately, you might want to check out the ongoing deal price on Apple Pencil Pro too. Amazon currently has Apple’s latest and greatest pro-grade iPad writer down at $99 shipped – this is the lowest price we have tracked all year and on par with the official holiday listings in 2024.

While there was a brief month or so where we saw some short-lived price drops down to $94 and even a touch less than that, those deals are long gone now. Apple Pencil Pro hasn’t dropped below the $99 we have here since it hit $95 for a couple days during Black Friday and it was largely in and out of stock thereafter on Amazon.