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That's super helpful, thanks!
the trepidation is partly as I'd only really sorted out my peripherals setup to allow for acting on inspiration at a moments notice. massive first world problems but I finally had it figured out, and now the whole adapters thing is irking me more than it should. I've also just moved house and have no idea where music stuff is going to live yet, so I was going to have to find new answers anyway!
jackbepablo-
To be fair having everything setup to go at a moment's notice is pretty damn important! Here are a few pics of my current setup (veclro-ing the adapters to the side of my monitor riser helped a lot!).
All that I need to do is pop my Mac on the stand (the desktop PC on the right is basically video games only at this point), plug the two adapters in and pretty much everything is ready to go. Guitar plugged into the interface so ready to go with that. Got a multi-fx pedal under the desk if I want to use that over GuitarRig (which has a cable feeding up just behind the right hand speaker there so can use that instead). 2 main synths stored under the monitor that I can easily take out and plug into the USB adapter next to them.
Also, for any FL Studio users. Check out IL Remote, it's an iOS/Android app you can install on your device and control it from there to limit the amount of mouse/keyboard use. I know Ableton has a load of hardware devices that are designed for this but FL is a bit limited in that regard. Hence the tablet stored under the computer keyboard.
mmccarthy
To compound that, the M2 was announced (but not released) when I picked mine up. Wasn't a fan of the non-tapered chassis of the M2 air so figured I'd go with the M1. This was upgrading from a 2014 11 inch Air, so the jump from that to M1 was going blow away any further gains from M1 -> M2.
Probably best to just outline your must haves (and wants) and ensure they're covered. Naturally everyone's needs are different. But my M1 Air happily deals with a good few instances of Diva running simultaneously so I'm not overly concerned about it becoming obsolete anytime soon.
With my setup using 2 adapters I've got the following all running simultaneously:
Adapter 1:
Adapter 2:
So even with 'only' 3, you should be fine really (even with 4, you're still going to be relying on adapters anyway I assume).
I definitely get the apprehension about committing yourself to something you're going to be relying on for 5+ years, but I'm still pretty happy with mine (albeit only a year or so in!). As long as it meets all your immediate needs and any ones you expect to be adding in the near future you're all good IMO.