I'm about to (if the shipping notification is anything to go by) upgrade to a 14" MBP but I really hope Apple release something in this size again. It's such a pleasant laptop to use; I even work on my (2D) C++ video game on it.
And like yourself I was impressed with the speed, display and battery life. I would have been disappointed if it had cost me 1000 euro. But for 180, wow. It's much better than I thought it would be.
Even 4 years later I still use it a lot. I'm not really a laptop guy anyway, I prefer desktops so this is in fact my only personal laptop in active use.
I'd love to replace it with something more usable.
I run Linux on it with i3wm, so I don't bother with the low hardware specs, I rarely use the trackpad. A better screen would be nice though, hence that I am interested in the StarLite.
It’s now with my daughter, as her homeschooling computer (schools have since returned to normal where I live, but the kids still use Teams and other apps to keep in touch). It’s definitely recommended.
Naturally, one of our services crashed during my second day away (this service had been running flawlessly for 3 years prior). So I spend a bit of time using the tiny cheap laptop.
To my surprise, the tiny laptop was refreshingly nice to work with. There is something elegant about a tiny little fanless machine that you can just throw in your backpack without any worries (unlike with my multi-thousand dollar portable workstation).
The keyboard on this particular laptop was actually very nice, though the screen and trackpad are just utter crap. Though the screen was small and low resolution, it was just fine for email, some SSH sessions and light browsing.
Anyway, long story short: I am now looking at buying a small, fanless laptop with a decent trackpad and screen. The StarLite would be a good contestant.