[IceHegel]

Don't get the pro, the MacBook Air is what you want. I was a 13 inch pro user for 10+ years and tried the M1 Air because I didn't want the dumb Touch Bar. Honestly, I think this Air is the best laptop ever made.

-the battery feels like it lasts 3x-4x longer than my 2019 13 mbp.

-it compiles Typescript as fast(sometimes faster) as my brand new Ryzen 5800x based work station.

-great performance on many small things that I never even thought of as slow

The Air has a nicer form factor and basically the same panel as the pro. Only reason to get the pro if you want to keep complaining about the Touch Bar.

[ajconway]

> Only reason to get the pro if you want to keep complaining about the Touch Ba

Also active cooling if you want to run CPU at full capacity for extended periods of time.

[easton]

It’s worth noting that the Air only throttles about ~20% under load (and you have to push it pretty far to get there). It probably isn’t a dealbreaker unless you are using it as a desktop replacement.

[itbeho]

All good points except the display on the Pro is supposedly +/- 100 nits brighter.