I suggest buying your mac where you live, buying your mac where you live is good if you live somewhere that has a different keyboard than the USA. Personally i’d wait for the M3 MacBook air or buy a MacBook pro. Waiting until the M3 MacBook air will allow you to get the newest updates and features longer.
In my opinion i’d say decent, if it was M2 i’d say good and if intel i’d say bad. An M1 is decent but I wouldn’t want it in 2023, considering I can get one with the same specs but M2 for $1,800 US which is only $600 more I wouldn’t want to buy it.