Apple's M3 MacBook Pro has dropped to a record-low price on Amazon ahead of October Prime Day

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Apple's M3 MacBook Pro has dropped to a record-low price on Amazon ahead of October Prime Day
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The best early October Prime Day MacBook deals at a glance:

Best MacBook Pro deal
the 14-inch m3 apple macbook pro

Best MacBook Air deal
the 13-inch m2 apple macbook air

Amazon is home to good MacBooks deals year-round (more so than any other kind of laptop), but its selection sees especially deep discounts during certain sitewide savings events. Next up is Prime Big Deal Days, the retailer's members-only "October Prime Day" sale on Oct. 8 and 9, which will likely bring dramatic price drops across Apple's lineup ahead of a possible M4 refresh.

In the lead-up to the event, Amazon has discounted several models across the M2 and M3 generations — most notably, the 14-inch M3 Apple MacBook Pro from last fall. Three configurations were sitting at record-low prices at the time of writing.

Several variants of the MacBook Air are also on sale on Amazon before Prime Big Deal Days, though none of them have hit or surpassed their previous all-time lows just yet. As such, shoppers who aren't in dire need of an upgrade may want to hold off on buying them until Prime Big Deal Days formally begins, in case they get even cheaper then. (We also recommend keeping a close eye on Best Buy, Amazon's toughest competition when it comes to laptop markdowns.)

Read on for a closer look at the best early October Prime Day deals on MacBooks. Note: Deals marked with a