October Prime Day MacBook deals are live: Weve finally got steep discounts on the Air and Pro
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$200–$600 off MacBook Air and Pro compresses the cost of upgrading into newer silicon generations, accelerating OS and hardware turnover in the Mac base. SaaS and IT teams should be ready for a wave of device refreshes—tighten support for current macOS versions and deprecate legacy configs faster.
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