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Oct 23, 2025 4:05 PM

Open Box/Excellent Apple MacBook Air Laptop (2024): 15.3", M3 Chip, 24GB, 512GB

$948

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Best Buy has Open Box/Excellent: Apple MacBook Air 15.3" Laptop (2024, Starlight, MC9K4LL/A) on sale for $947.99. Select free store pickup where stock permits; otherwise, shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member momo666 for sharing this deal.

Note: Availability for free store pickup may vary by location.

Also available for pickup only at select stores: Specs:
  • Apple M3 8-Core/16-Core Neural Engine Chip Processor
  • 15.3" 2880 x 1864 Retina Display
  • 24GB Unified RAM
  • 512GB Solid State Drive
  • Apple M3 10-Core Graphics
  • Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax) w/ Bluetooth 5.3
  • FaceTime Full HD Camera
  • Backlit Magic Keyboard
  • Force Touch Trackpad/Touch ID Sensor
  • macOS
  • Ports:
    • 2x Thunderbolt/USB-C 4
    • 3.5 mm audio jack
    • MagSafe
Condition Info:
  • Excellent:
    • Works and looks like new. Restored to factory settings.
    • Includes all parts and accessories. Packaging may vary or be absent.
  • Good:
    • Works like new. Restored to factory settings.
    • May have minor scratches or dents.
    • May be missing non-essential parts, accessories, or packaging.
  • Fair:
    • Works like new. Restored to factory settings.
    • May have larger dents or scratches.
    • May be missing parts, accessories, or packaging.

Editor's Notes

Written by Nate650 | Staff
  • About this product:
    • Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars based on 132 Best Buy customer reviews.
    • Apple 1-year limited warranty.
  • Additional notes:

Original Post

Written by momo666
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Best Buy has Open Box/Excellent: Apple MacBook Air 15.3" Laptop (2024, Starlight, MC9K4LL/A) on sale for $947.99. Select free store pickup where stock permits; otherwise, shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member momo666 for sharing this deal.

Note: Availability for free store pickup may vary by location.

Also available for pickup only at select stores: Specs:
  • Apple M3 8-Core/16-Core Neural Engine Chip Processor
  • 15.3" 2880 x 1864 Retina Display
  • 24GB Unified RAM
  • 512GB Solid State Drive
  • Apple M3 10-Core Graphics
  • Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax) w/ Bluetooth 5.3
  • FaceTime Full HD Camera
  • Backlit Magic Keyboard
  • Force Touch Trackpad/Touch ID Sensor
  • macOS
  • Ports:
    • 2x Thunderbolt/USB-C 4
    • 3.5 mm audio jack
    • MagSafe
Condition Info:
  • Excellent:
    • Works and looks like new. Restored to factory settings.
    • Includes all parts and accessories. Packaging may vary or be absent.
  • Good:
    • Works like new. Restored to factory settings.
    • May have minor scratches or dents.
    • May be missing non-essential parts, accessories, or packaging.
  • Fair:
    • Works like new. Restored to factory settings.
    • May have larger dents or scratches.
    • May be missing parts, accessories, or packaging.

Editor's Notes

Written by Nate650 | Staff
  • About this product:
    • Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars based on 132 Best Buy customer reviews.
    • Apple 1-year limited warranty.
  • Additional notes:

Original Post

Written by momo666

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Oct 23, 2025 4:37 PM
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consumerismOct 23, 2025 4:37 PM
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Good price. I was considering exact same sku 2 weeks ago at $1015. Fair condition was this price.
Oct 23, 2025 4:38 PM
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krauts24Oct 23, 2025 4:38 PM
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This has been the current price for atleast a week or two. Been considering this vs an m4. More ram or newer chip.
Oct 23, 2025 4:39 PM
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MemorableRoom2434Oct 23, 2025 4:39 PM
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What exactly does excellent condition is that like new no blemishes
Oct 23, 2025 4:45 PM
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consumerismOct 23, 2025 4:45 PM
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Quote from MemorableRoom2434 View quoted comment :
What exactly does excellent condition is that like new no blemishes
"Works and looks like new. Restored to factory settings.
Includes all parts and accessories. Packaging may vary or be absent."
Oct 23, 2025 4:50 PM
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MDSOct 23, 2025 4:50 PM
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Quote from krauts24 View quoted comment :
This has been the current price for atleast a week or two. Been considering this vs an m4. More ram or newer chip.
Same. If you have any info on what's more future proof for standard home office use please let me know. My instinct is to go with the M4 and just pay a little more for the memory. An extra $100 to maybe get another year of use seems worth it.
Oct 23, 2025 5:00 PM
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consumerismOct 23, 2025 5:00 PM
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Quote from MDS View quoted comment :
Same. If you have any info on what's more future proof for standard home office use please let me know. My instinct is to go with the M4 and just pay a little more for the memory. An extra $100 to maybe get another year of use seems worth it.
Getting an M4 vs M3 isn't going to give you even an extra month of use, but getting 24GB over 16GB will get you a few years of extra use.

more context: The vast majority won't notice the difference between M4 and M3 CPU on their day to day use. The differences more likely to be noticed are:
  1. M4 has a 12mp webcam vs 1080p on M3 2. can drive 2 monitors with the screen open, while the m3 only does 2 screens total, laptop included (must be closed to use dual monitors).
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Oct 23, 2025 5:01 PM
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TonyD7909Oct 23, 2025 5:01 PM
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Are there skins you can buy that will cover up the god-awful Starlight color?
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Oct 23, 2025 5:02 PM
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TonyD7909Oct 23, 2025 5:02 PM
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Quote from consumerism View quoted comment :
Getting an M4 vs M3 isn't going to give you even an extra month of use, but getting 24GB over 16GB will get you a few years of extra use.
You can also run 12B llms on there reasonably well. I'm running some sort of quant of Phi4 using Ollama on my M4 Mac Mini with only 16GB and while it takes 10? seconds to load, the responses are almost instant and token per second is very useable.
MLX is probably best but I have yet to find a user-friendly MLX client that is open source (outside of LM Studio, which is not open source).
Oct 23, 2025 5:19 PM
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BenM5Oct 23, 2025 5:19 PM
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need another 35% off to make me bite Stick Out Tongue
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Oct 23, 2025 5:59 PM
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consumerismOct 23, 2025 5:59 PM
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Quote from BenM5 View quoted comment :
need another 35% off to make me bite Stick Out Tongue
I don't think we'll ever see that price from retailers for a 1-2 year old MacBook Air. Only on the used market.
But I'm glad 8GB isn't the base anymore, so we won't have to filter those starting with the m4.
Oct 23, 2025 6:45 PM
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Luigis3rdcousinOct 23, 2025 6:45 PM
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Interesting deal
Oct 23, 2025 6:52 PM
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ChiragCOct 23, 2025 6:52 PM
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Man, I just got an m4 256gb 16gb ram and I regret it, I wish I could trade it in for this
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eduardmcOct 23, 2025 6:57 PM
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Quote from consumerism View quoted comment :
Getting an M4 vs M3 isn't going to give you even an extra month of use, but getting 24GB over 16GB will get you a few years of extra use.

more context: The vast majority won't notice the difference between M4 and M3 CPU on their day to day use. The differences more likely to be noticed are:
  1. M4 has a 12mp webcam vs 1080p on M3 2. can drive 2 monitors with the screen open, while the m3 only does 2 screens total, laptop included (must be closed to use dual monitors).
Even my 8gb mac m1 is running like a champ. 16gb on macOS will give you years of use (windows is a different story). I would take a m4 over 24gb ram any day of the week both at the same price.
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PurpleArm720Oct 23, 2025 7:06 PM
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How good of a deal is this?

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Oct 23, 2025 8:53 PM
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consumerismOct 23, 2025 8:53 PM
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Quote from eduardmc View quoted comment :
Even my 8gb mac m1 is running like a champ. 16gb on macOS will give you years of use (windows is a different story). I would take a m4 over 24gb ram any day of the week both at the same price.
I had an MBA m1 8GB from release until last March. It ran great for the most part but would completely freeze when I was running too many apps, which wasn't really that much: ThinkorSwim, a Blizzard game, 5-10 Chrome/Brave tabs. I replaced it with a MBA M1 16GB and haven't had any of those issues.
I'll take the extra RAM because that made a huge difference for me.

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