Now, if you’re looking for the more powerful pro-grade M4 chip, the model mentioned above at $1,749.99 is your best bet – it is now $249 off the going rate to deliver the lowest price we have tracked to date.

The iPad Air 11 with M3 is fine for certain tasks, but it can’t be your cheaper MacBook with a touchscreen. It’s better than last year’s model, but good enough may not be enough to justify the upgrade for lingering M1 iPad Air users.

Also: This $80 off iPad deal is a steal - and it's the model I recommend to most people The latest iPad Air is Apple's most capable tablet after the iPad Pro. It features the M3 Silicon chip, which is leaps and bounds ahead of my M1 MacBook Pro in performance,