[seuraughty]

My long-term plan is to drop a lot of money on external peripherals (monitor, speakers, etc) and then get the cheapest 16gb MacBook on sale to keep the portability option. Then I can upgrade to another cheap laptop as needed. I should’ve adopted this strategy originally.

[grecy]

I just bought a used M1 MBA with 16GB and 2TB for exactly this reason. $800.

It's replacing a 2015 MBP I bought used in 2019, which replaced a 2011 MBA I bought used in about 2013.