"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Early Black Friday Cyber Monday deals are starting to drop, and several new Apple MacBooks —including ones that hit the shelves only a few weeks ago—are available for hundreds less.

Best Buy has slashed the price of this laptop in half, bringing it down to $250 from its regular $500 price tag. This is an absolutely excellent price for a laptop with these specs, especially one running a current-generation Intel processor.

Amazon has it on sale for just $749 ahead of Black Friday, or $250 off its $999 MSRP. That's a 25% savings and a new record-low, matching the cheapest price the 8GB version saw. (The same deal was live at Best Buy for the paid tiers of its membership program on Thursday, Nov. 14; it'll be open to everyone there on Friday, Nov. 15.)