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It depends on what you use it for and whether you prefer 13, 14 or 16 inch. I’d go for at least 512GB ssd and 16 Gb memory. Whether you go for more disk space depends on whether or not carrying around an external drive and hooking it up is an inconvenience.

Regardless I’d likely go for an M2 over M1. The reason is except for the M3 Max the performance between M2 and M3 is negligible for most tasks. The M2 would also likely carry you through at least the first year of college.