This is the best Mac I've had so far. It's smooth it feels high quality as all Macs do, it's super fast, it you are creative this will Mac is for you, this is the first gen M1 and I'm sure the newer ones are even faster and better but this can hold its on. My last Mac it's sill going after 10 yrs and this one feels like it will last just as much.  Go with the 512mb ssd the 256mb it's too small a least for me.