This may actually be the perfect time to get a first-version Apple notebook, because it looks like the big design refresh will be staggered one release cycle. Buying one right now gets you the powerful new architecture inside the tried-and-true industrial design.

While the risks are probably less than they were earlier in Apple's history, I'd much rather take a chance on a first-generation Apple Silicon SoC than on a first-generation MacBook Pro redesign.