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 also think the problem is windows and not just windows, but corporate windows. My work laptop should be very decent performance wise, but it lags all the days while my private laptop has no issue. I guess all the corporate trackers and "security features" Cut down the performance a lot.