[glennpratt]

To replace the 2012 which was mostly OK, but had blown speakers.

I still have an Intel MBP provided by my employer. I don't keep a personal laptop, it would just gather dust 99% of the time.

[0des]

First, thank you for your reply. I am curious, after this experience, would your next machine be also an Apple with M1 (or the next iteration of it), assuming nothing else goes wrong?

[glennpratt]

Probably, this is my wife's computer.

We aren't attached to Apple, but finding build quality, battery life, high quality screen and likely to last 10 years is hard elsewhere.

[0des]

Thanks for the insight, I hope it works out for you all.