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Memorial Day weekend has come and gone, but many of the best sales are still live as product inventories remain. We've got eyes on some of the best Memorial Day deals from MacBooks, Chromebooks, and PCs from Lenovo, Asus, HP, and more, but these deals will probably start winding down today.

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The M5 MacBook Air improves on its predecessor with more base memory, more base storage (that's faster) and better battery life. The M5 Air just came out this spring, but we're already seeing $200 off, making a fantastic buy on the latest and greatest in Apple's thin and light laptop lineup.