Anyone move from 16” down to 14” MacBook Pro?

[CalMin]

I had a 2019 (Intel) 16" and went to a 14" MBP and it was the right decision. I dock it at home and enjoy a full size display and when I travel, it is portable enough that I don't constantly curse it for not fitting on a tray table or being too big to perch on my lap. I won't say I never miss the screen real estate, because I do, so when I specced my Macbook Air I went with the 15" and found it to be the sweet spot for me.

And that's the crux of it for me. I feel like I can go everywhere with the 14". The 16" is more of a desktop replacement that can occasionally be relocated than a road-warrior's tool.

 

[Allen_Wentz]

My wife's 16" MBP just got "upgraded" to a 13" Neo!

Her mother's day gift was the best on record - she was so sick of the hot, fans spinning, pitiful battery life, and spinning beach balls.
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Just curious what MBP it is that you experience "the hot, fans spinning, pitiful battery life, and spinning beach balls" yet find a Neo with only 8 GB RAM to work great pn a workflow that drives a MBP to "hot, fans spinning, pitiful battery life, and spinning beach balls."
Batteries of course do wear out with age, and I too drove my last MBP to slow operation and SBBOD (due to only 16 GB RAM). But I cannot imagine a workflow that drives a MBP to "hot, fans spinning" working well on Apple's lowest end, the Neo with only 8 GB RAM.