Makes sense. If you can get over the big bezels around the screen, it should be a more wise choice.

what is your ETA?

I placed order on 6 July and estimated to received by 26 July - 2 Aug ..

That macbook is still alive!!! ??? Legend…haha..is it even still running well ?

I thought of 8+512 at first, but ram is non-upgradeable while storage can always be extended using external HDD or NAS. I Actually don't need more storage as I have most of my things on cloud and I rarely download stuff as well. My windows laptop with 256gb is only 50% full after so many years of usage.

Since I ordered the 16Gb version, can I say that... as long as I do not multitask too much and cause my ram to use swap, I won't notice the speed difference in my daily usage, is this correct?

16gb is to futureproof as im planning to use this laptop for 5 years (or more)

https://youtu.be/I82gF_YAljU
https://youtu.be/H6Olqv5ChlQ

I would go for 8GB + 512GB if I were buying. So that I have more storage. But you can see head to head comparison and draw your own conclusion.

I placed order for MBA M1 instead. Don’t feel this time MBA M2 is worth the price increase asked by Apple.

cancelled my mba order, go for mbp 14 base model

Hence my question is... for my usage like google chrome, microsoft office, netflix this type of activities, will this 50% slower SSD actually affect me? Since I already have 16GB and probably won't trigger swap memory much. Within my budget, I can use choose either upgrade 16gb ram or 512gb ssd, but i don't store many things in laptop also...