I'd guess people who used workflows causing their x86 laptops run hot and loud felt very relieved when switching to dead-quiet-yet-quite-fast m1's. I am one of

I'd guess people who used workflows causing their x86 laptops run hot and loud felt very relieved when switching to dead-quiet-yet-quite-fast m1's. I am one of those people. I travel a lot, and using a $5k xeon laptop meant bringing a heavy 180w brick on flights, and lugging it everywhere with me. And suffering from loud fans. Especially when having a teams or hangouts call with people sharing video. Or using docker compose. Switching to a machine that can do it all, while being quiet and lasting a, say, AMS-SFO flight without charging, felt great. As for usb3 speeds, I mean, oh well. I probably wouldn't notice if the ssd runs at 400 vs. 500mb/s. Minor speed differences are less noticeable than quality of life things like noise, battery life, screen quality, stuff like that. To each their own.