[pavlov]

I use a 2023 MacBook Air with 24GB memory, and I can’t tell the difference to a MacBook Pro.

Integrated memory on Apple Silicon has made the trade-offs much simpler to understand because there’s no separate GPU and VRAM to think about. The performance difference between Air and Pro models is so small, it’s irrelevant for practically anything.

[sigmoid10]

I have used both. Air and Pro. For working remotely in the cloud on ML, nothing beats the Air. For nearly everything that runs locally and goes above light coding (e.g. modern web dev with endless node modules), the Pro is significantly better.