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Not sure I agree it's a no brainer.
I'm considering getting one. But I'm not sure I'd bother upgrading much.
i5/8GB/256GB I think would do me.
While an i7 would be nice, they're not actually much of an upgrade - same cores, small CPU bump. It'll be about 7% quicker.
Likewise the 16GB. I'll do some light dev but that's it. I don't see Jupyter needing loads.
And 512GB. There's the cloud for storage.
(also, have a desktop for gaming that can do heavy lifting if needed)
i5/8/256 is £1099
i7/16/512 is £1649
50% extra cost. That's quite a price increase for not much of a speed increase.
I get that it's something you'll use for years. But save the £550 and put that toward upgrading it in 2-3 years rather than 5-6 when 12th gen Intel chips are around and 16GB is standard.