I just bought an M2 air rather than a pro for my coding. It functions great. In my desk it’s fine. On my lap it’s uncomfortably hot after a long compile.

(That said if I asked somebody in Apple marketing they would probably suggest that the pro is there for people like me. )

Apple need to differentiate the pro from the air. Start at 16Gb maybe.

Do you really think adding just 3mm to the battery would do that?

In general smart phones are not going to last much more than a day. That they last a day is good enough to stop battery panic.

If a phone lasted 1 1/2 days, enough to convince you to not plug it in at night you would still have battery worry on day two.

Because it was loud?