[steve_adams_86]

I picked one up to tide me over until I can get the Mac Studio, and it has been amazing. I have to be somewhat disciplined about resource use – closing tabs, unused apps, etc. But it's an excellent machine by every measure at this price point.

Most shocking is the battery life:performance ratio coming from a maxed out 2017 MacBook Air. I really liked (and still like) that computer, but there's no comparison in terms of performance. If I run the 2017 machine pretty hard, it'll die after 3.5 hours or so. The new model lasts about twice as long, but out-performs the old one by a wide margin.

The only downside with the M1 I got is the lack of RAM. Even so, 8GB has been surprisingly sufficient for a lot of tasks. Most people would be just fine with this machine.