Customer Ratings & Reviews

It is awesome speed, performance and battery it a best buy

This is my first Mac after being a Windows user for life! It’s been a pretty seamless transition after the initial shock passes. Everything is so easy and I love how the whole ecosystem ties into my iPhone and other Apple products. MacBook has a super high quality build, powerful, fast, lightweight, great battery life, and stylish. Scored an amazing deal thanks to Best Buy sale and student discount. I’m a happy shopper!

The Air has become a powerhouse in its own right, unlike the Air of previous generations. The entry level MacBook is a next level laptop compared to Windows or ChromeOS machines. Fanless and silent, it boasts the power and efficiency of M1 in a thin and light package. Battery life has been unreasonably good, and i haven’t even bothered to bring my charger with me anywhere. M1 has changed everything.

This thing rocks! Best laptop I've ever owned without a doubt. Size and weight are perfect, screen gets bright enough, speakers are good, trackpad is awesome, keys feel nice, and the battery literally lasted me a whole week of average use. I haven't done any intense tasks on it yet (photo editing, video editing, music production) since I have a PC for that but as far as the everyday email, web browsing, video streaming, video calls, etc go, this is an unbelievable computer *especially* for the price.

Great labtop very fast, easy to navigate and integrate with my iphone and other apple products, great battery life and very lightweight

I feel like I got this 2020 Macbook Air at a super reasonable price. I weighed up my options between the M1 and M2 chip models, but didn’t feel like I needed to spend so much just to have the newer and latest model. While I’m sure the M2 models are great (and a step up), the reviews for the 2020 Macbook Air still really sell them as awesome laptops - so I decided to buy it and what a great discounted price Best Buy offers…it’s cheaper than getting it from the Apple Education store!

I bought a Dell G7 from Best Buy a Little over a year earlier, it was supposed to be a high-end gaming laptop. I don’t really use it for games but more for video editing or audio editing as well as day-to-day tasks. This puny MacBook air blew it away in every aspect. Cool to the touch silent and faster. And the battery life on the G7 was a joke. I went days between charging the air. Screen is bigger on the G7 but other than that, the M1 makes me wonder…. What the heck is in store for the future? Wow

Best mac I have ever owned (and have owned G5 Cheesegrater, mac mini Intel machines, macbook, macbook air (intel)). This thing is really amazing for the price - especially when on sale at $800. I bought open box for $865 early in 2021 and no issues. Just traded into Apple last week for $515! Got great use out of it for two years and trade in value was excellent. Waiting to get the 15" Macbook Air that is supposed to be released June 2023. THAT will be the perfect machine (assuming they don't do something stupid with design/features). This thing runs Windows 11 and Ubuntu 22 faster than a native install on a "windows" PC. Just BLOWS them out of the water and not by a little - the M1 ARM processor is very fast - at many things - so even if don't like MacOS - just buy Paralles virtualzation software and a Windows license. Done and Done. For what you pay/get you can't do better for general use machine. Battery life ridiculous - lasts for whole day of use no problem. One benefit of buying this older machine is Apple designed these with 2 SSDs (effecivetly a RAID configuration) which is twice as fast as the M2 machines (unless you get the upgraded storage). So, buying the base model still nets you performance gains you won't get on an M2 based machine.

I love the color! It definitely does not weigh as much as my MacBook Pro and it is easy to use and easy to transfer my information from the Pro to the Air. Battery life is definitely better, but if you need to use your device often throughout the day, you should definitely carry your charger with you.

Love love love this computer! Have gone back and forth with the idea of switching to MAC, but given I have all other apple products I gave it a try. Great decision. Small, compact, and light weight so easy to carry around, and easy to navigate! Very happy

phenomenal little machine, bought it for my wife for work to replace her older version. Battery life is superb, overall the machine feels lighter and much, much faster. She is happy, she loves the color and in general we are happy with the purchase.

I decided to go budget and went with a basic Macbook Air. To my shock it is an extremely powerful but light & pleasant device. I use a $2K Macbook Pro for work and this thing rivals the speed but is smaller and quieter. I build my own PC's and I am not a huge Apple fan because of the 'Apple Tax' increase in price but this thing is a fantastic performer for a budget price. The M1 chip is fantastic.

Performance and portability have exceeded expectations. I love the experience with how well it pairs with my iPhone and AirPods. The battery life is fantastic. Most days I can get a solid six hours of use from the battery without any issues.

I upgraded from the 2020 Intel MacBook Air and boy what an upgrade! I should have waited but at the time, I wasn’t informed. It’s fast and quiet (no fan running constantly for just cause). It does what it’s supposed to do effortlessly. An excellent buy especially if you’re new MacBooks or just want a great computer for a good price.

Love it!! Beautiful design, super fast, and everything I need in a laptop!

Great laptop if you can get a deal on it If it was full price for a 2020 model, with 8gb of ram, and a 256 SSD, this laptop wouldn't have been in consideration in my search. Best Buy had a great deal on it a month ago. I am already in the "Apple Eco-System" so toggling things between my iPad, phone, and MacBook is seamless and fast, just convenience. The 8gb of ram sounds like a joke in 2023 but if you're just doing some basic tasks, ie; a few safari tabs, notes open, test taking, etc, its not going to slow down, its enough since the OS is great at being efficient with that kind of stuff. The soldered on SSD was also concerning but again if you're not a power user downloading a lot of large files I'm sure it'll last a long time. The battery life is great, I have no issue getting a few days out of it. Build quality is also the greatest I have felt personally and while the keyboard is different that anything I've used in the past (mechanical, brown switches) after a month of use I started to like it a lot. Some other small things I've noticed, its VERY thin, not too heavy in a backpack, speakers are loud and sound great, the screen gets fairly bright and is nice to look at, trackpad hasn't been an issue when using different gestures, touch ID hasnt failed me yet, webcam quality and mic are average. If you can get a deal on it and if you're a casual user like myself, I would recommend it all day. I'm in flight school just using it for basic tasks and it does everything that I need it too very well. The only gripe I've had is the 2 USB-C ports, I guess its something you sacrifice with the form factor. Personally I would've given up a few millimeters of its profile and thinness to get some more ports and ease of use. Keep in mind one is used for charging so you only have 1 open port if that time comes

I've owned the MacBook Air M1 (first gen) for almost a year and I can say without a doubt this is THE best laptop I have ever used. Honestly, I'm hesitant to even call it a laptop as it feels more like a work of art or a magical artifact. Let's take a closer look: Design? Breathtaking. Battery? Outstanding. Display? Gorgeous. Performance? Out of this world. Do yourself the favor and buy yourself this work of art. You won't regret it.

This little guy... Wow.. Battery life is out-of-this world. Great screen, better keyboard than a couple of generations ago. Stupid fast. Don't let the 8GB of ram scare you. The M1 processor uses ram differently than the older Core processors. A lot of your main-stream software is already at least compatible with the M1, with more and more being optimized all the time! Everything I use day-to-day is already optimized and WOW the performance from this entry-level LAPTOP kills my old desktop!!

If your on the edge for purchasing this laptop. Go for it I say this as a person that was strictly against it for the cost. This computer outdoes all of the other computers. It is fast! It does all things college related, as well as crafty. Light weight and small enough to take almost anywhere.

I love this laptop. It’s fast and small and my best computer ever