We have multiple M1 Air's deployed (16 gig models), and we will certainly use the M2 Air for future upgrades. We have some heavy power users on them, including a graphic designer and a few analysts that make Excel do some stuff it was never intended to. All while hooked to 5120x1440 49 inch ultrawides. I've yet to have a complaint and I've never noticed them slow down, while we have two of the maxed out Intel Macbook Pros from the year before that I want to chuck out a window every time I use them.
We also have some maxed out XPS 15's for the Windows users that are newer than the M1 Airs, and I'd take the Air over them any day.
I was honestly not certain about deploying Mac's when we were asked - but we had JumpCloud so I dove into the rabbit hole of business manager, MDM and got a rep from Apple. Something extremely nice about ordering a laptop, having it shipped to the user directly and they just login and start working.
In my case I've got a custom desktop PC with a 5950x (Linux and Windows) and a 14 inch M1 Pro MBP, don't notice any real speed difference between them, everything is generally instant across all three OS's, but I do have to say..when it comes to a laptop, I wouldn't consider anything on the market other than the Apple Silicon laptops. It's really hard to beat the balance of performance/portability/battery life... and Parallels runs Windows (ARM) and Linux perfectly fine.
Of course..when it comes to desktop computers...lets just say..I don't see RGB liquid cooled Mac desktops..so I don't see buying one anytime soon.
