Amazon just slashed the price of Microsoft's latest laptop by $300

TL;DR: The all-new Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 (256GB) is on sale for just $999.99 on Amazon. It normally retails for $1,299, so you'll be saving some 23%.

With its fast processing speed and ultra-portable, lightweight design, Microsoft's new Surface Laptop 3 was widely perceived as a direct competitor to the MacBook Air upon its October release. But as of this week, it's got something its Apple-made rival rarely sees: a huge discount.

Amazon is now offering 23% off the 13.5-inch Surface Laptop 3 with 256GB of storage, lowering its $1,299 MSRP by nearly $300 to just $999.99. For comparison's sake, data on the price-tracking site camelcamelcamel.com shows that the 256GB MacBook Air has never seen a discount of more than 15%. (Your move, Tim Cook.) Read more...