With the addition of an M4 processor, the world’s best-selling laptop just became even better value — particularly as no equivalent Windows PC really comes close to what it can do.

Still, the new M4 MacBook Air is impressively powerful. I put it through GeekBench's CPU test and got great results: a 3,778 single-core score, and a 14,992 multi-core score. That's considerably faster than any earlier Mac when it comes to single-core operation, and roughly on par with an M2 Max when it comes to multi-core operation.

Apple’s M2 MacBook Air has been slashed down to $899 on Amazon.ca, which is an all-time low for the laptop. The M2 MacBook Air, released in 2022, has a 13.6-inch Liquid Retina display, an 8-core CPU,