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Both the 13-inch and 15-inch Apple MacBook Air M5 are on sale for Amazon's Prime Day event, with the 13-inch starting at $949 and the 15-inch starting at $1,149.

You may want to pay close attention to these prices on Amazon. In response to rising component costs, Apple just implemented a blanket price increase across its entire MacBook and iPad lineup. Unfortunately, this means consumers will pay anywhere from 15% to 25% more today than they would have on the same device yesterday.

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