I look forward to seeing you at a conference in 20 years' time where we'll both be running Fedora 100 on our M1 MacBook Pros.

I hope the SSDs lasts long enough for you folks (the only thing + money that hold holds be back from snagging one of those)

Agreed. It might share the title with the M1 Air which was incredible for an ultraportable, but the M1MBP was just incredible period. Three generations later it's still more machine than most people need. M2/3/4 sped things up but the M1 set the bar.

My only regret is getting base RAM.

It’s not a server so it’s not a crime to not always be using all of it and it’s not upgradable so it needs to be right the first time. I should have got 32GB to just be sure.

Apple's sky-high RAM prices and strong resale values make this a tough call, though. It might just about be better to buy only the RAM you need and upgrade earlier, considering you can often get 50% or more of the price of a new one back by selling your old one.

Thankfully, Apple recently made 16GB the base RAM in all Macs (including the M2/M3 MacBook Airs) anyway. 8GB was becoming a bad joke and it could add 40% to the price of some models to upgrade it!

Yep, that's definitely a thing I'm proud or correctly foreseeing. I was upgrading from an old machine on 8GB, but I figured especially with memory being non upgradable it was better being safe than sorry, and if I kept the machine a decade it would come out to sanwitch money in the end.

The airs are incredible. I’ve been doing all my personal dev work on an M2 Air for years, it’s the best laptop I’ve ever owned.

I’m only compelled to upgrade for more ram, but I only feel the pressure of 8gb in rare cases. (I do wish I could swap the ram)

I was the same with the M1 Air until a couple months ago when I decided I wanted more screen real estate. That plus the 120Hz miniLED and better battery and sound make the 16" a great upgrade as long as the size and weight aren't an issue. I just use it at home so it's fine but the Air really is remarkable for portability.

I have the M1 Air, too. I just plug in to a nice big Thunderbolt display when I need more screen!

I'll likely upgrade to the M4 Air when it comes out. The M4 MacBook Pro is tempting, but I value portability and they're just so chunky and heavy compared to the Air.