I bought a 16" Pro thinking I would need it and realized I never do anything other than simple photo/video editing, occasional VM usage and browsing the internet. Returned it and used the $1000~ savings to book a vacation to the Caribbean instead.
I had fallen for the future proof fallacy when even than, the savings could have been used to buy another new MacBook Air in 3-4 years which would be newer than whatever ‘future proofing’ I can do now. I would rather buy a new and updated MacBook Air every 4 years with the savings than budget for a Pro model every 7-9 years.
I noticed no difference between using the Pro and Air at all, at least not worth $1000. This sub convinced me that the Air is what 99% of the population would need and is very powerful as is!
I just did the opposite. The air just didn’t quite do it for me. The main reason is the Air only supports one external monitor…. Carrying the Air was fantastic though!
Out of curiosity, since I have a final year Intel MBP, I’m thinking of switching to an Air soon, does the 1 monitor limit include using sidecar? One thing I like doing right now is using my iPad as a display as well as my desktop monitor.
The only thing I use it for now is for IDE stuff since I’ve moved over all my heavy lifting stuff to my home PC.