I use M2 with 24GB and in a nutshell, it's fantastic machine. I do backend and frontend, most of my dev time is spent in terminal and browser. Before buying it

I use M2 with 24GB and in a nutshell, it's fantastic machine. I do backend and frontend, most of my dev time is spent in terminal and browser. Before buying it, I was worried about being fanless and was considering the Pro. I'm so happy I went with the Air. It's light, the battery lasts all day with no problem: when I go for an all day out of office work, I simple don't even think about bringing the charger with me. And if I really need to charge it (didn't happen yet), USB-C works. Docker is always on, occasional ffmpeg transcoding, some Rust compiling... the machine does not care.