Great week to pick up a MacBook Air

BestBuy has cut prices on the current generation of MacBook Airs by $100 across the board. For those of you with .EDU email addresses, you can register for an additional $150 off MacBooks or iMacs. This doesn't include the 5% off you can earn through shopping via a cashback portal and additional savings from the BestBuy Rewards program. So at the end of it all, you can buy the basic 11.6" MacBook Air for $650 and get back $32.50 from a cashback portal and up to another $32.50 in rewards, dropping the net price (before taxes!) to $585! This is the lowest price I've ever seen for a current generation MacBook Air.

Great savings on MacBook Airs

Apple recently updated the processor on its MacBook Air line of ultraportable notebooks to speed them up by 0.1 Ghz. Everything else remains the same if I am not mistaken. You can buy the now obsolete line of laptops from Best Buy at a discount, and then combine that with Best Buy's ongoing $150 off for students and teachers (or anyone with a .EDU email address). This is a perfect intersection of good deals for this line of laptops that features Haswell, Intel's latest power-sipping processors that offer great battery life.  9to5Toys has the details on the best deals, including a new 13" MacBook Air for $705 and the new 11.6" MacBook Air for $610. Get 'em while they're hot!

Upgrade your camera's memory card with Sandisk's 64GB microSDXC card (with SD adapter)

Best Buy offers Sandisk's 64GB microSDXC card (which comes with a free SD adapter) for just $35, shipped free or available for in-store pickup. This is a nice deal on a card that normally sells for over $50.

Amazon also has Sandisk's 32GB model for just $18, shipped free for Amazon Prime members.

MacBook Air for $849 at Best Buy with EDU discount

(expires July 27)

Best Buy is having a sale on new Apple computers and is simultaneously running a promotion where you can get $100 off a new MacBook or iMac provided you sign up to their college mailing list with a .EDU email address.  The standout deal is effectively 15% off the brand new 11" MacBook Air which has the new Haswell processor for excellent battery life (~9 hours) for just $849.

iTunes gift card 20% off

Today Best Buy is selling 20% off a $100 iTunes gift card, shipped free.  The 20% discount is usually as good as it gets as a top line discount from retailers, although sometimes you can combine 20% off with category bonuses from Chase Freedom or Twitter/Facebook credit card promos from Amex.  Shop through a cashback site like Discover's ShopDiscover for another 5% off or so and join Best Buy's Reward Zone for another 2% back.  The only better deal is from Staples, when they discount their iTunes cards and then let you use coupons at the risk of being banned as a customer.

Best Buy's Facebook promo gives you $10 off a future purchase for spending $10

(valid through March 23)

If you are Rewards Zone member (Best Buy's loyalty points program), link a Facebook account to your Rewards Zone account, and make a $10 purchase, Best Buy will give you 500 points, worth $10. Great for that $15 iTunes gift card.

Best Buy $50 off $100 using Mastercard

Best Buy has a very generous coupon for $50 off a $100 purchase, although some exclusions apply.  A great deal is the iPhone 5, which is on sale at Best Buy for $150.  Get it for $100 (plus sales taxes on the pre-subsidy amount).

iTunes gift cards 15% off at Best Buy

(update: deal expired, but you can find $50 iTunes cards for $40 from Walmart for a limited time)

Best Buy is selling iTunes gift cards for 15% off. You might be able to get additional discounts by entering your RewardZone account info (10%) and by shopping through the Discover mall (an additional 10% back) for a total of 35% off.

Nintendo Wii for $150

(update: also available from Amazon for $150)

Best Buy has the Nintendo Wii on sale for just $150 during the Memorial Day weekend.

Best Buy $20 off with Paypal

(expires November 16)

BestBuy gives you $20 off $100 when you pay with PayPal.  Just choose PayPal as your payment method (you can pay from your credit card to earn miles/points, but you lose some purchase protections).  You will receive $20 in your PayPal account a few weeks after your purchase.  You can save on shipping by picking up from a nearby store.  Gift cards are excluded.