Amazon Great Indian Festival 2026: MacBook Neo under ₹66,000, MacBook Air M5 and Mac mini M6 get big discounts (HT Tech)

Yes, the MacBook Neo, Apple’s most affordable MacBook, is discounted by over 14%, and you can save even more by combining offers.

The MacBook Air, arguably Apple’s most popular laptop, is also available at a discount. The latest M5-powered 15-inch variant with 512GB of storage is currently selling for ₹1,66,990, a 7% price drop compared to its MRP of ₹1,79,900. Combine bank offers, and the deal gets even better.

In this article, I’ll take you through these products, who should buy them, who should avoid them, and why they make sense at their discounted prices.

And there’s a bonus Apple product too, especially for those who work in creative fields and deal with demanding workflows but don’t necessarily want to splurge on a top-end Mac.

Let’s get into it.

Yes, the cashback will be credited after your billing cycle, but savings are savings. And considering Apple increased the MacBook Neo’s price to ₹79,900, this is indeed a good deal for a laptop powered by the A18 Pro chipset.

It supports Apple Intelligence and offers up to 16 hours of battery life.

This makes it a great college laptop for presentations, assignments and everyday work. It also makes for a capable office laptop, particularly if your workflow revolves around spreadsheets, documents and browser-based applications.

And this is coming from first-hand experience. We have used spreadsheets on it, along with the entire Google Workspace portfolio running on Safari and Chrome, and the experience has been smooth.

The best part? You can even do some light video editing on it because it supports Final Cut Pro. Yes, multi-layered workflows would be difficult, but you can absolutely get through basic editing tasks.

It also comes in several fun colourways, including Citrus, Silver, Indigo and Blush, so there’s plenty of personality here.

If you want a stylish-looking laptop under ₹70,000, something that can serve you well for several years, the 13-inch MacBook Neo with A18 Pro is still hard to beat.

And considering how Apple has been revising its prices, this discounted price is certainly worth considering.

Apple increased its prices earlier this year, and that certainly hurt buyers who were looking forward to getting one. Luckily, the 512GB variant has received a discount as part of the Amazon Great Indian Festival 2026 sale.

More specifically, the 15-inch MacBook Air M5 is currently available for ₹1,66,990, which is around 7% lower than its ₹1,79,900 MRP.

You can also get upwards of ₹8,300 in cashback using the Amazon Pay ICICI Bank credit card, bringing the effective price to under ₹1.6 lakh.

And at that price, the MacBook Air M5 starts making a lot of sense, especially when you look at the competition.

The display is gorgeous, you get Thunderbolt 4 connectivity, MagSafe charging, and most importantly, enough power to handle serious creative workflows.

With the M5 chipset, you can work on multi-layered video projects in Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve. Photo editing in Photoshop and Lightroom is equally smooth.

Based on our testing and usage, the MacBook Air can fly through most of these tasks without flinching.

Of course, it doesn’t come with a fan, so in peak summer conditions or during sustained heavy workloads, it might throttle a little. But for most users, the performance is more than sufficient.

There’s a good balance here between a genuinely professional laptop and something you can use casually.

It will breeze through everyday tasks such as browsing, streaming, spreadsheets and office work.

And remember, we’re talking about the 15-inch MacBook Air, not the smaller 13-inch variant.

That larger display makes a difference, especially if you spend your day editing videos, working with multiple windows or simply streaming content. It’s spacious enough for most things and makes the price easier to justify.

It will still push through, but if you want the smoothest possible experience on your editing timeline, especially with demanding multi-layered projects, you may want to consider the MacBook Pro instead.

For everyone else, the MacBook Air M5 strikes a good balance between performance, portability and battery life.

But it is what it is. Prices have increased, memory has become more expensive, and the new Mac mini now costs considerably more.

Still, considering the kind of workflows you can get out of this machine, its discounted price of ₹93,990 makes a lot of sense.

The Mac mini M6 normally retails for ₹99,900, so you’re looking at a 6% discount. Combine that with ₹4,699 cashback using the Amazon Pay ICICI Bank credit card, and the effective price drops below ₹90,000.

That’s good value for a machine with this kind of performance potential.

Yes, the base storage is just 256GB, so you may want to invest in an external SSD, especially if you plan to edit large video projects.

But when it comes to performance, this is a seriously capable machine.

For demanding workflows, including 8K multi-layered video editing in applications such as DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro and Premiere Pro, the Mac mini has plenty to offer.

And this comes from first-hand experience with the Mac mini M4, which already handled demanding creative workloads impressively. The M6-powered version takes things further.

Thermals are handled well, there’s a good selection of ports on the back, and the machine barely occupies any desk space.

That makes it particularly appealing for compact workstations.

The best part? You can put together a capable editing setup for around ₹1.3 lakh to ₹1.4 lakh by pairing the Mac mini with a good monitor, keyboard and mouse.

It also makes sense for production facilities that need an additional editing workstation without spending Mac Studio money.

Perhaps you need a compact system for an intern, a secondary editing machine or simply another Mac to complement your existing Mac Studio setup.

The Mac mini M6 fits that role rather well.

And because it’s so compact, moving it between workstations isn’t particularly difficult either.

For creative professionals who already have a monitor and peripherals, this could be one of the more sensible ways to enter Apple’s desktop ecosystem without spending a fortune.

If you are a student, an office professional or someone who primarily works with documents, presentations, spreadsheets and basic creative applications, the MacBook Neo makes a lot of sense, especially at an effective price of around ₹65,000.

If you want something more powerful, with a larger display, excellent battery life and enough performance for professional photo and video editing, the 15-inch MacBook Air M5 is the better all-rounder.

And if you already have a monitor and peripherals, or need a dedicated machine for editing, colour grading and other creative workflows, the Mac mini M6 is certainly worth a look.

All three have their strengths, and at their current discounted prices, they make a stronger case than they did after Apple’s price hikes earlier this year.

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