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I have 2015 MBP running Sonoma without issues 🤷🏻‍♂️ so to answer your question - yes, get m1. best value

easily, from a hardware standpoint, unless apple degrades it from the software side

A used low mileage M1 Air (think <50 battery cycles or >98% of original capacity) with 16GB Ram & 512 GB SSD for ~$850 is an excellent deal for a machine which should easily see you through 5 years of average use (with a bit of physical care).

As far as gaming though, your best bet is to take up chess ";0))

Just bought a m1 air(2t ssd + 16g ram) for a grand and I expect it to last 5 years at least The m1 chip is already powerful enough for all my needs, there isn't much of a point to get m3

Yes, But 16Gb minimum, if you wanna keep it 4/5 years don’t go for a 8Gb version!

if you are going to get the base model, the m1 has a batter value and a better performance than the m2.

If you get the base M1 Pro 14/16. You get 16ram and 512memory. Anything less not worth it.