MacBook Pro M1 is $150 off in this early Black Friday laptop deal

MacBook Pro M1 is $150 off in this early Blackness Fri laptop bargain

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Black Friday laptop deals are starting to announced at multiple retailers, and offers on Apple tree MacBooks are always among the nearly popular bachelor. That's why you won't want to miss this sizeable saving on the MacBook Pro M1 at Amazon.

For a limited time, y'all tin get the MacBook Pro M1 512GB for $ane,349 at Amazon. That's $150 off its usual price of $1,499. And if you don't need quite that much storage space, then the MacBook Pro M1 256GB model is downwardly to $1,169 at Amazon; that'due south a good for you $130 off its usual cost of $1,299. Whichever model you opt for, you're getting a very decent discount.

This isn't the biggest saving on the MacBook Pro M1 we've seen so far this year — all configurations were $200 off over the summertime — only information technology's still a saving worth your attending. That's peculiarly true right now, as stock shortages are expected to seriously affect Blackness Friday deals this year and the MacBook Pro M1 will likely exist one of the most popular laptops for gifting this holiday season.

For good reason, too: the MacBook Pro M1 is an excellent machine. In our MacBook Pro M1 review, this laptop's M1 bit delivered seriously impressive speeds that most Windows laptops tin can't beat. For example, it took the MacBook Pro just 7 minutes and 46 seconds to transcode a 4K video, compared to over 18 minutes for the Dell XPS 13.

You'll as well dear the bombardment life offered by the MacBook Pro M1. In our web surfing battery test, this notebook endured for an ballsy 16 hours and 25 minutes. That'south 6 hours longer than the previous Intel MacBook Pro and over 5 hours longer than the XPS 13.

Other highlights include a bright and colorful Retina display, a comfy Magic keyboard, and a very responsive touchpad. We exercise wish Apple included more just two Thunderbolt ports, though. And the bezels effectually the display could be thinner. Many of these negatives have been fixed past Apple's new MacBook Pro 2021 (14-inch) and MacBook Pro 2021 (16-inch), but they are much more expensive machines and you're unlikely to see any deals on them for a while.

The MacBook Pro M1 most definitely earns its spot on our all-time laptops roundup and thanks to this early Black Friday deal, it's an even more tempting buy. If you're hoping for an even stronger discount over the side by side few weeks, be sure to check out our best Black Friday MacBook deals guide for the latest offers.

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Rory is a Deals Editor at Tom's Guide based in the UK. He covers a wide range of topics but with a particular focus on deals, gaming and streaming. When he's not scouring retailers for PS5 restock or writing hot takes on the latest gaming hardware and streaming shows, he can be found attending music festivals and being thoroughly disappointed by his terrible football game team.