I am a software developer and would gladly return my company provided 16” pro for my wife’s 24gb M2 air. The only deal breaker for me is the dual display requirement. YMMV
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But why?
The form factor of the air is fantastic. If you have returned to office, going from meeting to meeting with the 16” pro is sorta a pain. This generation of the MBP is the first to get thicker and heavier. If you don’t need the power of the pro (which most do not) the 24GB air is still a beast of a machine. I only use a single 32”4K at my desk so it would meet my needs just fine. Webstorm, VSCode, postman, and a little adobe photoshop and 4k video editing in Camtasia. All completely scream on a 24GB air. But, some want dual displays and some use heavier workloads. For me, since the air serves my needs power wise, I will take the form factor over the pro.
The form factor of the air is fantastic. If you have returned to office, going from meeting to meeting with the 16” pro is sorta a pain. This generation of the MBP is the first to get thicker and heavier. If you don’t need the power of the pro (which most do not) the 24GB air is still a beast of a machine. I only use a single 32”4K at my desk so it would meet my needs just fine. Webstorm, VSCode, postman, and a little adobe photoshop and 4k video editing in Camtasia. All completely scream on a 24GB air. But, some want dual displays and some use heavier workloads. For me, since the air serves my needs power wise, I will take the form factor over the pro.
Get 👏 the 👏 Pro
I’d pay $150 more for the pro motion display, other than that though both computers will do what you need them to do for the next half decade pretty easily.
my early 2023 macbook pro 16 inch does way more than i need it to do. i code in julia and ocaml for reference