[foobarbaz33]

Agree, waiting has paid off for late M1 adopters. The software ecosystem has smoothed out most of the hiccups.

And now there is the mac studio, M1 ultra, 128GB ram, 64 cores. An absolute beast of a machine. Fits in a backpack, so it's just as portable as a laptop assuming you work from docking stations anyway.

[lowbloodsugar]

I have an M1 Max, with only 64GB and only 10 cores (the 64 cores in the Ultra are GPU cores, not CPU cores). For a software developer, it is probably fast enough, and I can use it anywhere. I build Rust, and build times aren't a problem. Certainly better than my i9 Intel MBP.