I use an M1 Pro MPB. The fan hardly comes on unless I kick off a machine learning task. So unless you're doing something that requires a lot of compute, you're probably not going to see much of a thermal difference that would cause any discomfort while using the computer.

Fan would be great if your running extensive graphic heavy projects but without the fan it’s really fine as well just depends on what work you do and your budget.

Are you a video editor?