I used a MB Air M1 with 8GB of RAM until ~2 years ago and rarely ever felt that it didn't have enough RAM, or power in general. Sure there are use cases where one might need more, but many seem to think 8 gigs is some unusable junk. I think it's not, if the price is right. Which on the Neo it is.
@Techaltar I want to hope that if the ram-pocalypse continues we’ll see a renewed focus on performant software. You should be able to do an awful lot with 8GB.