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The MacBook Air, Apple’s ultra-lightweight and portable laptop, is the lowest price it’s ever been on Amazon: $899.99, almost $100 off.

The “Air” line of MacBooks keep all the convenience and quality-of-life upgrades that have landed in the more expensive MacBooks, like 4 million pixel retina displays and fingerprint Touch ID access, but it’s all crammed into a smaller, lighter model. The MacBook Air is 2.8 lbs, compared to the MacBook Pro’s 3.02 lbs. With 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage, the Air might not let you run Adobe After Effects with the lightning quickness you want, but you’ll be able to indulge in basic photo manipulation and most other consumer-level computer work with ease.

For more computer literate people, this comes with SSD storage, with all the extra speed and reliability that entails. There’s also a backlit keyboard, a 10th-generation Intel Core i3 processor, and two Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) ports, as well as a new battery that can last up to 11 hours (according to marketing materials).

Basically, this is a fully functioning computer shoved into a case with the size and portability of a Chromebook, which is sort of incredible on its own. We’re not sure how long this deal will last; all we know is there’s never been a better one. (Okay, fine, we know it was once $899, instead of $899.99, but we’re not sure that two-thirds the price of a pack of Jolly Ranchers is a deal-breaker when you’re buying a laptop).

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Joshua Sargent is an editor for Hearst Newspapers. Email him at josh.sargent@hearst.com.