Ironically, enough, I've made the exact same purchase (well, not the color, but still an M3 MacBook Air) -- the Apple experience for me was literally "purchase

Ironically, enough, I've made the exact same purchase (well, not the color, but still an M3 MacBook Air) -- the Apple experience for me was literally "purchase from the online store in the evening, pick up from physical store next day during lunch break."