I am waiting on an M1 Pro MBP 16 (I currently have the Intel MBP 16). Although right now I am thinking of cancelling that and ordering a MacBook Air and using that until the M2 Pro chips are released.
Having ports on both sides of the machine. I use a usb-c display and need to flip the laptop upside down when docking. Otherwise my cables would get a bit messy or I’d have to rearrange my desk to avoid direct sunlight falling on the main screen.
Tbh, I have barely used the desk since I bought the machine, so we’ll see how much of an annoyance this will become in autumn:)
Think about what you do and what you need. I bought an M1 MacBook Air to keep me going until the Apple Silicon 16" Pro, and ended up staying with the Air.
16GB is fine for a typical web dev setup with three Docker containers. When I go out for more than a day I take an external monitor with me, the total package weighs less than a 16" Pro and has way more screen real estate.
Of course there's some people who definitely need the 16" Pro.
Lenovo M14. The design and hinge is great and the panel is fine, but I actually wouldn't recommend this one as it's 1920x1080 which scales poorly with MacOS. For VSCode or a web browser it's fine though, I just use CMD+(+/-).
Ideally I'd recommend anything with 2560x1440 or 2560x1600 resolution.
Do note that supply-chain issues plagued later orders of the M1 Pro/Max MBPs, so I wouldn't be surprised if it would take a decent bit of time to actually get an M2 Pro/Max, even after it actually gets announced in a few more months.
a) it still feels weirdly faster then the MBP
b) I can spend 6h outside working from the garden on one charge (running vitejs or react native + metro, plus slack, Spotify etc...)
c) I'm still a bit pissed that I didn't wait a month for the 2nd gen