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At the end of the day, if your tool is making you money, then the expense is justifiable.

Go get that 16/64 you lucky dog you :)

You can absolutely do everything you need with the M3 Pro 12/36. I think it's more than enough. I think that getting the Max out of the Max would need a Mac Studio instead of a laptop.

If you want to future proof, 16/64 definitely, 96 is pointless for your workflow.

But the thing is, by the time Pro/12/36 becomes obsolete, M5/6 will probably be a thing and you'll be better off getting a new machine rather than using an old M3 Max. If I had to bet, those laptops will have an updated look as well so you probably won't like your old laptop anyway :)

Yeah but that way you'll have 2 different mediocre (apple level mediocre:)) laptops vs 1 good one for the same duration.

I'd go with the 1 good one, with the dope screen & dope speakers, plus much better performance in the first 2 years.

This is an isolated decision of course, not including vacations and other factors. Just 1 laptop vs 2 laptops.

That sucks. Cause even the 14 M1 Pro is a better experience than the M2 Air. Can you get an M1 Pro?

If not, I personally would go with a 15" and the 16 RAM. Even though the M2 has a slower ssd at 256gb which kinda sucks, it's still better to get the extra screen and ram which will be way more noticeable than a faster ssd.

To summarise it best to worst:

- Base M2 Pro 14"

- Base M1 Pro 14"

- 15" Air with 16 ram

I think that the consensus advice on this subreddit is that if you do 2 upgrades on a 13, might as well get the 14" and get waaaaaay more bang for buck. You'll get 16ram, 512 ssd, a much better processor, + way waaaay better screen, speakers and track pad, and on top of that you get extra ports.

I'm talking about the base m2 14" of course, since we're talking about an m2 air.

I mean it's a no brainer.

And don't let anyone fool you, there is virtually no portability difference between a 14 and a 13 inch.