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Deals: 24GB MacBook Air $300 off, M5 MacBook Pro $1,400, Titanium Apple Watch $300 off, more

Brief

9to5Mac’s March 17 deal roundup is primarily a retail pricing snapshot rather than a product analysis, but it highlights meaningful price dispersion across Apple’s newly refreshed M5 lineup and prior-generation hardware. The strongest value case is the 15-inch M4 MacBook Air with 24GB RAM/512GB at $1,299, which undercuts the nearest 24GB M5 Air option by roughly $350 while giving up only storage capacity. On the MacBook Pro side, Amazon’s $1,399.99 price for the discontinued 16GB/512GB M5 model is notable because Apple no longer sells that storage tier, effectively making channel inventory the cheapest entry point into M5 Macs. The post also points to channel-clearance behavior in wearables, with Titanium Series 10 and Ultra 2 watches seeing $300 markdowns, plus smaller early discounts on pro displays and iPads. Overall, the article is most useful as a tactical buyer’s guide for timing Apple hardware purchases amid model transitions and retail inventory drawdowns.

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Apple’s 24GB Midnight MacBook Air back in-stock at $300 off the orig. price via Amazon

Amazon has been getting particularly aggressive with deal pricing on the 15-inch M4 MacBook Air now that the $50 launch deals on the new M5 model are live. And the Midnight 24GB M4 model is now back in-stock at $300 off the original list price.

Amazon is now offering the 15-inch M4 MacBook Air with 24GB of RAM and 512GB storage starting at $1,299 shipped. While the Silver, Starlight, and Sky Blue models have been live for a couple days again now, the Midnight model just came back in stock at the particularly notable deal price.

Previous to the new M5 model landing we had never tracked this 24GB M4 model with a discount this deep. Before this deal started to hit at the beginning of the month, this model had never dropped below $1,349, or $250 off the list price.

While Apple has upped the storage tiers on the new M5 model, you’re still looking at a particular heavy discount here – the most affordable 15-inch 24GB M5 model Amazon sells carries a $1,699 list price and is currently selling for $1,650. And while that one does carry 1TB of storage now, the $1,299 price on the 512GB M4 is still clearly a serious value (effectively $200 less than the new pricing tiers on the M5).

13-inch M5 MacBook Air 16GB/512GB $1,050 (Reg. $1,099)

13-inch M5 MacBook Air 16GB/1TB $1,250 (Reg. $1,299)

13-inch M5 MacBook Air 24GB/1TB $1,450 (Reg. $1,499)

15-inch M5 MacBook Air 16GB/512GB $1,250 (Reg. $1,299)

15-inch M5 MacBook Air 16GB/1TB $1,450 (Reg. $1,499)

15-inch M5 MacBook Air 24GB/1TB $1,650 (Reg. $1,699)

This M5 MacBook Pro is nearly $300 less than the most affordable model Apple sells now

The new M5 Pro MacBook Pro models are still seeing some launch deals this week, but we wanted to highlight this deal on the most affordable M5 MacBook Pro you can buy – the 512GB variant down at $1,399.99 shipped. This is nearly $300 under the least expensive M5 MacBook Pro Apple sells now.

Amazon is currently offering the M5 MacBook Pro with 16GB of RAM and a 512GB internal SSD down at $1,399.99 shipped.

This model launched at $1,599, and is now nearly $200 less than that. But now that Apple has done away with the 512GB storage tier permanently, this is actually nearly $300 under the lowest-priced model in the lineup.

All of that said, considering Apple now starts the lineup with 16GB/1TB at $1,699, and you can score this model at $1,499.99 right now via Amazon, a realistic regular price on the 512GB model is more like $1,499 – Apple typically charges $200 for storage upgrades.

But even still, this 512GB model isn’t even available from Apple and there’s no telling how much longer it will remain at retail (the silver model is already out of stock at Amazon). If you’re looking towards the most affordable way to secure some M5 power, this is very much it (on the Mac side of things).

M5 Pro MacBook Pro launch week discounts

14-inch M5 Pro MacBook Pro 24GB/1TB $2,149 (Reg. $2,199)

14-inch M5 Pro MacBook Pro 24GB/2TB $2,549 (Reg. $2,599)

14-inch M5 Pro MacBook Pro 24GB/2TB | 20-Core $2,749 (Reg. $2,799)

16-inch M5 Pro MacBook Pro 24GB/2TB $2,649 (Reg. $2,699)

16-inch M5 Pro MacBook Pro 48GB/2TB $3,049 (Reg. $3,099)

M5 MacBook Pro models up to $200 off

Don’t care about the latest models? Amazon clearing out Apple Watch Series 10 Titanium and Ultra 2 at $300 off

The really notable Apple Watch clearance deals on Amazon right now are coming by way of the higher-end Titanium Series 10 cell models. These configs carried $699 and as much as $799 regular price tags and the Series 11 models are still a whole lot more even at $100 off right now:

There are also still some notable clearance deals live on Apple Watch Ultra 2 at Amazon. While band options are beginning to dwindle, just remember the actual is the same on all of these and at $300 it might be worth just scooping one up while you can and scoring a brand later on.

Today’s accessories and charging deals:

Early Amazon Big Spring Sale offers now live on eero mesh Wi-Fi system range: Deals on eero 7, Pro, Max, and more from $55

Logitech Wave Keys wireless ergonomic keyboard with cushioned palm rest is now within $1.50 of its all-time low at $52.50

Insta360’s 2026 Spring sale now live at up to 30% off: Ace Pro 2 8K cam, GO Ultra, X5 action cam, more, deals from $40

Regularly up to $80 Burton Goods leather iPhone 17 Pro, Max, and Air cases down at $29 right now

Score this airplane tray smartphone mount with integrated light for $10 today

Plastic, gross. Go with this metal MagSafe stand instead while it’s just $10

Anker’s latest 45W Smart Display Nano Charger in orange drops back to $30 Amazon low (25% off)

Presentation coming up? Use your iPad with this weighted floor stand for $30 (Save 30%)

Amazon now offering $100 off all-new Apple Studio Display and XDR models (Standard and nano texture)

Apple Studio Display/XDR deals:

Apple Studio Display $1,499 (Reg. $1,599)

Standard Glass, Tilt-Adjustable Stand

Standard Glass, VESA Mount

Apple Studio Display $1,899 (Reg. $1,999)

Standard Glass, Tilt- and Height-Adjustable Stand

Apple Studio Display XDR $3,199 ($100 off)

Apple Studio Display XDR $3,499 ($100 off)

Nano Texture Glass, Tilt- and Height-Adjustable Stand

As seen above Amazon is now offering straight up cash discounts on the all-new Apple Studio Display XDR with the Tilt- and Height-Adjustable Stand included. These deals deliver the first and only deals we have seen on the new display outside of the ongoing Best Buy offer for its paid members:

Now these monitors are clearly pro-level Apple accessories and seriously expensive at that – the $100 off isn’t likely to make all that much of difference to the sorts of folks that weren’t already willing to drop this sort of cash on a Studio Display anyway. But with that said, if you are going to be picking one up in the early days, you might as well keep the $100 in your pocket.

Apple’s 2TB M5 iPad Pro hits Amazon all-time low at $200 off, or open-box at $374 off

The iPad deals are still flying this week, including price drops across the brand new M5 iPad Air lineup, as well as the latest iPad mini from $399 and iPad 11 from $299. But we also spotted a new all-time low landing this morning M5 iPad Pro – the 2TB 11-inch model is now $200 off at Amazon, and even less in open-box condition.

We did see this configuration with a $150 price drop last month, but things have now dropped down even lower to deliver new Amazon all-time low pricing:

Amazon is now offering the latest 11-inch M5 iPad Pro with the 2TB storage configuration at $1,799 shipped in Space Black And Silver. You’re looking at one of the top of the line 11-inch models that carries a $1,999 list price and is now $200 off via Amazon.

This deal is also matched at Best Buy right now, but you will find “excellent” condition open-box units on the 2TB 11-inch model down at $1,624.99 shipped right now – that’s $374 off the list with a 1-year Apple warranty included.

iPad 11 from $299

iPad mini from $399

M3 iPad Air Cell from $599

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