Higher RAM vs Higher Storage
Opinion-based this may be… however, there's a slightly new paradigm with the M1 &quot;Hard disk&quot; storage configuration.
It is so fast that it makes additional RAM less useful than it was in the past. This is because it is now part of the same chip, rather than having to be accessed over a bus system to another component.
Received wisdom if you have to choose between the two is to go for more &quot;SSD&quot; storage rather than more RAM, as paging is now almost instantaneous.
Another consideration is that once chosen, it can never be changed, so don't come up short on storage, unless you want to be carrying round an external drive for the next few years.
Having said that, no-one can choose for you, you have to finally make your own call ;)
I shall be using this same received wisdom in a week's time, when the Apple Store opens orders for me to buy a new iMac. Right now, I'm going to be going for 512GB or 1TB &quot;SSD&quot; &amp; possibly only 8GB RAM, depending on pricing [which I cannot see just yet].