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Costco Members: 13.6" Apple MacBook Air (2025): M4 Chip, 24GB RAM, 512GB SSD

+ Free S&H

$1,000

$1,400

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Costco Wholesale has for Members: 13.6" Apple MacBook Air Laptop w/ M4 Chip (2025, Various Colors) on sale for $999.97. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member mercedes03 for sharing this deal.
  • Note: Availability may vary by location. Our links may go to a product variant that is out of stock or not included in this deal. Please use the sorting options on the product page to select the items on sale.
Available:
  • Midnight (‎MC6C4LL/A) $999.97
  • Silver (MC654LL/A) $999.97
  • Sky Blue (MC6V4LL/A) $999.97
Specs:
  • 13.6" 2560 x 1664 Liquid Retina Display
  • Apple M4 10-Core Chip
  • 10-Core GPU | 16-Core Neural Engine
  • 24GB RAM
  • 512GB SSD
  • Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax) | Bluetooth 5.3
  • FaceTime Full HD 1080p Camera
  • Backlit Magic Keyboard
  • Force Touch Trackpad | Touch ID Sensor
  • 35W Dual USB-C Compact Power Adapter
  • MacOS
  • 2.7 lb
  • Ports:
    • 2x Thunderbolt 4
    • 1x MagSafe 3
    • 1x 3.5mm Headphone

Editor's Notes

Written by SubZero5 | Staff
  • About this deal:
  • About this product:
    • Rating of 4.6/5 from Costco customer reviews.
  • About this store:
    • If you don't have a Costco Warehouse Membership, you can sign-up here
    • Details of Costco's return policy here.

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Written by mercedes03
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Community Notes
About the Poster
Costco Wholesale has for Members: 13.6" Apple MacBook Air Laptop w/ M4 Chip (2025, Various Colors) on sale for $999.97. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member mercedes03 for sharing this deal.
  • Note: Availability may vary by location. Our links may go to a product variant that is out of stock or not included in this deal. Please use the sorting options on the product page to select the items on sale.
Available:
  • Midnight (‎MC6C4LL/A) $999.97
  • Silver (MC654LL/A) $999.97
  • Sky Blue (MC6V4LL/A) $999.97
Specs:
  • 13.6" 2560 x 1664 Liquid Retina Display
  • Apple M4 10-Core Chip
  • 10-Core GPU | 16-Core Neural Engine
  • 24GB RAM
  • 512GB SSD
  • Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax) | Bluetooth 5.3
  • FaceTime Full HD 1080p Camera
  • Backlit Magic Keyboard
  • Force Touch Trackpad | Touch ID Sensor
  • 35W Dual USB-C Compact Power Adapter
  • MacOS
  • 2.7 lb
  • Ports:
    • 2x Thunderbolt 4
    • 1x MagSafe 3
    • 1x 3.5mm Headphone

Editor's Notes

Written by SubZero5 | Staff
  • About this deal:
  • About this product:
    • Rating of 4.6/5 from Costco customer reviews.
  • About this store:
    • If you don't have a Costco Warehouse Membership, you can sign-up here
    • Details of Costco's return policy here.

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Zen7777777
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RAM is about 30% faster on M5 and GPU is 30% faster. For local LLM fans AI models could be 3.5x to 4x faster. Base CPU is 20% faster. WiFi 7, Bluetooth 6.0 - all that make M5 worth the extra money. (Both base chips are TB4 - only M5 pro and above is TB 5).

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Today 07:24 PM
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ratbastardToday 07:24 PM
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This or the M5 with only 16gb of RAM for $50 more? Processor vs RAM debate...
Today 07:37 PM
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shk1020Today 07:37 PM
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Quote from ratbastard :
This or the M5 with only 16gb of RAM for $50 more? Processor vs RAM debate...
Probably ram will have a more limiting factor in the coming years, depending on use case.
Today 07:54 PM
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novasianToday 07:54 PM
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Unless you need more memory and better gpu,

Apple MacBook Air 13" MDH74LL/A (Early 2026) 13.6" Laptop Computer - Silver
Apple M5 10-Core CPU; 16GB Unified Memory; 512GB Solid State Drive; 8-Core GPU

$949 Micro Center
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Today 07:59 PM
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Zen7777777Today 07:59 PM
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50% more RAM on M4 is certainly better than M5 with 16GB even if you are using the GPU's advanced features.
Today 08:07 PM
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Zen7777777Today 08:07 PM
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Our community has rated this post as helpful. If you agree, why not thank Zen7777777

RAM is about 30% faster on M5 and GPU is 30% faster. For local LLM fans AI models could be 3.5x to 4x faster. Base CPU is 20% faster. WiFi 7, Bluetooth 6.0 - all that make M5 worth the extra money. (Both base chips are TB4 - only M5 pro and above is TB 5).
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Today 08:13 PM
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doemaToday 08:13 PM
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For most ppl it seems the Amazon deal for M5 Air with 16/512GB for $950 + Amazon Chase 5% cb is better
Last edited by doema May 12, 2026 at 01:21 PM.
Today 08:27 PM
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krizzzToday 08:27 PM
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Does anyone know know how the Costco additional 1 year warranty works with Apples extended warranty coverage. Meaning, you would have 2 years of coverage with the Costco extension. Could you then buy the 3 year Apple warranty (at the end of the 2 years), or do you have to buy it up front. Otherwise, it's just overlapping coverage. Thx.

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Today 08:50 PM
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kdb777Today 08:50 PM
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Quote from Zen7777777 :
RAM is about 30% faster on M5 and GPU is 30% faster. For local LLM fans AI models could be 3.5x to 4x faster. Base CPU is 20% faster. WiFi 7, Bluetooth 6.0 - all that make M5 worth the extra money. (Both base chips are TB4 - only M5 pro and above is TB 5).
Wouldn't local LLMs need way more than 16gb though? Plus the Air throttles heavily under load
Today 08:51 PM
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MagentaEducation252Today 08:51 PM
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Get more ram. Can not add more later
Today 09:11 PM
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peter_parkerToday 09:11 PM
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Quote from Zen7777777 :
RAM is about 30% faster on M5 and GPU is 30% faster. For local LLM fans AI models could be 3.5x to 4x faster. Base CPU is 20% faster. WiFi 7, Bluetooth 6.0 - all that make M5 worth the extra money. (Both base chips are TB4 - only M5 pro and above is TB 5).
Are you actually suggesting people run LLM's with 16gb RAM? That seems a non-starter. Your independent points are valid but they don't add up to recommending a 16gb M5 for LLM purposes
Today 09:18 PM
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ElatedMaid483Today 09:18 PM
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Quote from ratbastard :
This or the M5 with only 16gb of RAM for $50 more? Processor vs RAM debate...
If for whatever reason you want to run Windows or Linux using parallels in the future, then more RAM makes sense. Also chrome tabs will only get bigger in few years. Totally depends on your use case.
Today 09:19 PM
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ElatedMaid483Today 09:19 PM
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Quote from peter_parker :
Are you actually suggesting people run LLM's with 16gb RAM? That seems a non-starter. Your independent points are valid but they don't add up to recommending a 16gb M5 for LLM purposes
8B models should work fine, no? Whatever the use case might be.
Today 09:20 PM
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Zen7777777Today 09:20 PM
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Quote from kdb777 :
Wouldn't local LLMs need way more than 16gb though? Plus the Air throttles heavily under load
Some Local LLMs work on phone as well. 24G air can host 17B params models at Q4. It's good for some basic work where the context is limited to 128K tokens... And yes I agree - if you need a machine mainly for local LLMs consistently - you wouldn't choose a MacBook Air in the first place.
Today 09:22 PM
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Zen7777777Today 09:22 PM
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Quote from peter_parker :
Are you actually suggesting people run LLM's with 16gb RAM? That seems a non-starter. Your independent points are valid but they don't add up to recommending a 16gb M5 for LLM purposes
Depends on the use case and LLMs run just fine for sporadic work on a long flight / train ride. I agree Mac Air laptop is not suited well for dedicated Local LLMs.
Last edited by Zen7777777 May 12, 2026 at 02:25 PM.

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Today 09:31 PM
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SlickHerring6682Today 09:31 PM
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Bought M3 with 24gb ram form Costco last year with same price for my son...

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