[siddharthgoel88]

Any feedback on how it comes along for regular Software Development (backend stuff) activity and as a common home PC? Looking at the benchmarks looks like there shouldn't be any issue but any first hand experience would be greatly appreciated.

[atilimcetin]

IMHO, developing with Node.js, Java, Python, Go, etc.. within MacOS is more convenient compared to Windows machines.

Also I can highly recommend using version managers (e.g. nvm, jenv, pyenv, gvm, etc..) for these languages to quickly install and manage different versions.

[mocamoca]

Idk about this one but my daily driver is a Mini M1, 16gb, 1to.

The regular backend stack on docker is smooth. Vs code / jetbrain is smooth. Nothing to complain about.

I could use more ports however. That is easily fixed with an USB hub.

[jillesvangurp]

I'm pretty happy with my M1 mac book pro with 16 Gb. I'd expect this to be faster. I typically have intellij, vs code, slack, a bunch of docker containers, etc. running. All fine. Get more memory maybe.