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Prime Day 2022: The best early Mac deals

If you’re looking to buy a new desktop Mac, now is the time to get a bargain! It’s Amazon Prime Day on Tuesday and Wednesday, July 12 and 13, when we expect to see Amazon drop prices on the iMac and Mac mini even more than usual. Below you’ll find the best deals we’ve found so far – there are already some great discounts, but be sure to check this page often as we track sales leading up to and on Prime Day itself.

If it’s a MacBook, you’ll want to check out our separate collection of the best MacBook Air and MacBook Pro deals on Amazon Prime Day. We also have a roundup of all Apple Amazon Prime Day deals.

Prime Day 2022: The best early iMac deals right now

The 24-inch iMac arrived in spring 2021 with a brand new design and Apple’s M1 chip. For ages it suffered from a shortage of stock, making it almost impossible to buy, but now that stock is at reasonable levels, you can get some great deals – in fact, Amazon is knocking off as much as £300 in the UK!

Amazon US does not currently offer early bird deals on the iMac.

Amazon UK offers some good early deals:

  • iMac with M1 Chip (7-core GPU), 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD, Silver: Was £1249 get it for: £1199 (£49 off)
  • iMac with M1 chip (7-core GPU), 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD, green: was £1,249 get it for: £1,119.97 (£129.03 off)
  • iMac with M1 chip (8-core GPU), 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD, silver: was £1,449 get it for: £1,185 (£264 off)
  • iMac with M1 chip (8-core GPU), 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD, green: was £1449 get it for: £1249 (£200 off)
  • iMac with M1 chip (8-core GPU), 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD, pink: was £1,449 get it for: £1,149 (£300 off)
  • iMac with M1 chip (8-core GPU), 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD, blue: was £1,649 get it for: £1,467.97 (£150 off)
  • iMac with M1 chip (8-core GPU), 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD, pink: was £1,649 get it for: £1,469.97 (£179.03 off)

You’ll also find some Intel Macs on sale, if you don’t mind the fact that the processor is already quite old, you can pick up a bargain:

  • iMac 21.5in Intel Core i5 8th Gen: Was £1,099, Get It For: £989 (£109 off)
  • iMac 27-inch Intel Core i5 10th Gen 6-Core: Was £1,799, get it for: £1,589.97 (£209 off)

The best current deals on the M1 iMac

8-core CPU, 7-core GPU, 256GB (MSRP $1299/£1249)

£1119.97

Free of charge

£1134.00

Free of charge

£1149.00

Free of charge

£1149.00

Free of charge

£1249.00

Free of charge

£1258.98

8-core CPU, 8-core GPU, 256GB (MSRP $1499/£1449)

£1149.00

Free of charge

£1249.00

Free of charge

£1275.00

Free of charge

£1329.97

Free of charge

£1349.99

Free of charge

£1449.00

Free of charge

8-core CPU, 8-core GPU, 512GB SSD (MSRP from $1699/£1649)

£1363.00

Free of charge

£1472.00

Free of charge

£1499.00

Free of charge

£1649.00

Free of charge

£1659.99

Free of charge

Prime Day 2022: The best early Mac mini deals right now

Apple’s M1 Mac mini arrived in November 2020 along with the M1 MacBook Air and M1 MacBook Pro, the Air and Pro now have M2 chips, which could mean the Mac mini will soon receive a similar update, meanwhile take a look to see how much you can save on the M1 model.

Amazon US has sold out of the 256GB model, but there’s a good early deal on the 512GB model:

Amazon UK offers some good early deals:

The best current deals on the M1 Mac mini

M1 Mac mini, 256GB (MSRP $699/£699)

£627.00

Free of charge

£627.00

Free of charge

£629.97

Free of charge

£629.97

Free of charge

£699.00

Free of charge

Is not available

Free of charge

M1 Mac mini, 512GB ($899/£899)

£824.00

Free of charge

£838.00

Free of charge

£838.00

Free of charge

£844.98

£899.00

Free of charge

Intel Mac mini, 3.0GHz, 512GB (MSRP: $1099/£1099)

£989.97

Free of charge

£1049.98

£1099.00

Free of charge

Prime Day 2022: How can I get the best Mac deals?

While the above deals are running now, Prime Day officially begins on July 12th at 12am PT (3am ET) in the following countries: Austria, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg , Mexico, Netherlands, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, UK, and US We don’t know for sure if Prime Day sales will be any better than the current ones, so if you’re happy with the prices here, you should grab it.

The above sales are open to all customers, but Prime members get free two-day shipping. Once Prime Day begins, most deals will be exclusive to Prime members, so you’ll need to sign in with an active membership to purchase one of the deals. Basic memberships cost $139 / £79 / AUD$59 per year or $14.99 / £7.99 / AUD$6.99 on a monthly basis. New users can sign up for a 30-day free trial, which can be canceled at any time during the trial window.

For more Prime Day coverage, check out our other Apple deals roundups:

Apple’s best Prime Day deals of 2022

The best MacBook deals for Prime Day 2022

The best AirPods deals for Prime Day 2022

The best Apple Watch deals for Prime Day 2022

The best Prime Day Apple TV deals of 2022

The best iPad deals for Prime Day 2022

The best iPhone deals for Prime Day 2022