Nice that it can still be supported. Couldn't go back to Intel though personally!

I have an M1 Air 8GB and a 2018 MBP 16GB. Performance feels about the same until the Air hits swap, then the old Intel MBP still outperforms the M1 Air.

One you could probably fry bacon on whilst the battery drains in an hour...

My 2018 MBP 15 is the i7 model, while it gets warm it never had the overheating issues the i9 models had. I also had the battery replaced under AppleCare about 10 months ago so it still gets 7-9 hours of battery life.

I also get great battery life on older intel macbooks (2012 Pro w/Matte Screen 16/GB/4TB SATA + 2015 Air w/2TB NVME).

Feels good knowing when my storage wears out, i don't lose the whole machine.

Interestingly my M1 Air 8GB runs my Rust unit tests about four times as fast as my i7 Mac Mini 16GB.