[ja27]

I'm still waiting but I keep coming close to grabbing a totally fanless M1 Air.

But for my day-to-day use, even with barely leaving the house, a 15-16" display is much better for me. I would appreciate the speed and other features of the next-gen machines but the real deciding factor is the display. Sure, I would use it on my 27" 4K monitor a lot, but I like moving around even if it's just to the porch or couch, and my use of machines with 12-14" has felt fairly cramped when doing actual dev work.

I know the M1 MBP's fan is apparently very, very quiet but if I were recording podcasts, I'd be really tempted to go totally fanless with the Air. No noise, no vents to block, no dust build-up, true all-day battery life, no &#(* touch bar, and relatively cheap.

A huge factor for waiting is if you want to run multiple external displays. The M1 MBP and MBA can only drive the internal display and one external. I personally like one big display but if you need that multi-monitor life, you need to wait (or get the M1 Mini or use a DisplayLink adapter).

[iamwpj]

I don't do video editing, just coding and plenty of windows along with Docker. I've never heard the fan and if I didn't know it was there according to the spec sheet I would just assume it didn't have a fan :D.

[_0w8t]

I need to compile a lot. As that sometimes takes hours with max load, I have discovered that Intel Mac book Pro 13” 2020 was surprisingly loud. It is louder than a water-cooled Windows desktop at the office. This became especially apparent with remote work as the ambient noise at home was much lover than at work.

But if I do not compile, it is silent even when running a Windows or Linux VM.