This Black Friday week, you can find stellar discounts on a new MacBook. With Intel Macs aging out, there’s no better time to upgrade to the latest models that run on far-superior Apple silicon processors.
Whether you’re looking at the base MacBook Air or a specced-out MacBook Pro, you can rack up hundreds of dollars in savings by upgrading this week.
Take a look at these Black Friday deals on MacBooks and get ready to make your next big move.
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Best Black Friday MacBook deals for 2025
The MacBook line has been totally reinvigorated since 2020, when Apple began putting its own M-series chips inside. The new MacBooks have unimaginable battery life, run cool and quiet, and are incredibly fast.
If you still use an old Intel MacBook, you should consider upgrading this week. Your Mac won’t be able to run the next version of macOS. With the impending end to Intel around the corner, what better week to upgrade than Black Friday? Check out the incredible savings on offer:
- M4 MacBook Air: Super power and portability
- M5 MacBook Pro: Cutting-edge specs
- M4 Max MacBook Pro: Save $500 on top performance
M4 MacBook Air: Super power and portability
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The latest M4 MacBook Air is the perfect computer for just about everybody — see our hands-on review. The M4 chip can juggle dozens upon dozens of browser tabs without skipping a beat. It also can handle heavier tasks, like video editing, audio mixing, app development, coding and graphic design.
Even the base model is an excellent machine. The included 16GB of unified memory is plenty for modern workloads. It comes with 256GB of storage, which is enough for personal usage — provided you aren’t loading it up with hours of 4K video.
At the time of writing, you can grab this fantastic laptop at an great 25% discount, bringing it down to a stellar $749. If you need a new MacBook, but don’t need pro-level processor power, you really can’t skip this deal.
Powered by Apple's M4 chip, this 13-inch laptop delivers excellent performance and extreme efficiency in the same gorgeous design as last year's model. It packs two Thunderbolt 4 ports and a MagSafe connector for fast charging, with Wi-Fi 6E connectivity. It comes in four colors, including an interesting new sky blue.
- Outstanding Apple design
- 18-hour battery life
- Supports Apple Intelligence
- Limited ports
M5 MacBook Pro: Cutting-edge specs
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The new M5 MacBook Pro comes with Apple’s cutting-edge, latest-generation chip. This version also comes with the spec upgrades you’d want the most: 24GB of memory means you can juggle a bunch of pro apps, and 1TB of storage can store your entire photo library locally (probably).
Like any MacBook Pro, it features a gorgeous XDR display — Apple’s best in any Mac. Its ProMotion high refresh rate can run at a buttery-smooth 120 Hz, or dynamically match the frame rate of the content you’re watching. It can play back HDR videos with stunning brightness and clarity.
And, best of all, it boasts a stunning 24-hour battery life, enough for not one but several days’ work.
This much power is ideal for any creative professional. And you can get it, at the time of writing, at its best discount yet. At $200 off, it’s an incredible value at $1,799. Grab it while inventory lasts!
The M5 chip is Apple’s latest and greatest. This model comes with upgraded storage and memory, ideal for creative professionals and hobbyists.
- 24GB unified memory
- 1TB SSD storage
- 24 hour battery life
M4 Max MacBook Pro: Save $500 on top performance
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The M4 Max chip is the most powerful processor you can get in a laptop. Its 16-core CPU and 40-core GPU dramatically speed up heavy tasks, from video editing and 3D rendering to compiling huge code bases and running local AI models. With 48GB of unified memory and 1TB of storage, you’ll have loads of room to breathe. Especially with the gorgeous 16-inch XDR display.
A laptop of this caliber normally goes for big, big money. $3,999 is nothing to sneeze at. But at the time of writing, you can take a whopping $500 off that price. If your job demands huge power, you won’t be disappointed with this machine.
And it comes in a suitably professional color — space black.
This MacBook Pro has the highest specs you can get in a Mac laptop. The M4 Max chip inside can handle the heaviest of professional workloads with grace — and incredible battery life.
- 16-core CPU, 40-core GPU
- 48GB unified memory
- 1TB SSD storage
- 16-inch Retina XDR display
D. Griffin Jones is a writer, podcaster and video producer for Cult of Mac. Griffin has been a passionate computer enthusiast since 2002, when he got his first PC — but since getting a Mac in 2008, he hasn’t turned back. His skills in graphic and web design, along with video and podcast editing, are self-taught over 20+ years. Griffin has a bachelor’s degree in computer science and has written several (unpublished) apps for Mac and iOS. His collection of old computers is made up of 40+ desktops, laptops, PDAs and devices, dating back to the early ’80s. He brings all of these creative and technical skills, along with a deep knowledge of Apple history, into his work for Cult of Mac.
