[thomascgalvin]

I'm still running an Intel-based MacBook Pro from 2019, and it's trucking along just fine. It's not as fast as the M* chips, obviously, but it's still perfectly serviceable for software development. I'm tempted by the new Pro, but I don't consider it a necessity.

If I picked up a new Mini or MacBook today, I'm reasonably confident it, too, would last me five years or more.

[9dev]

I switched from the same model three months ago. It’s night and day. I used to have my fan spinning all day; with the new one, I only heard it once since buying it, even in perfect silence. Things that used to slow down, now run in parallel. The battery keeps up with more than a full work day programming, comfortably.

[bzzzt]

It’s a big difference, but the battery of a new 2019 MacBook also got close to a work day. The M series should last a bit longer, but after 5 years it’s a gamble with batteries…