RAM management is still limiting on iOS / iPadOS, people say this over and over; there’s not much of a use case between 4GB and 6GB in iPadOS. Promotion is great, even though I can’t tell the difference myself (some people are like me, bad eyes I guess lol). Quad speakers also nice to have. As someone elaborated above, CPU and GPU better yes in some cases only. Now storage options also is a differentiator.
We’ll see whether Apple ditch the 11” IPP or not in the future.
I’m not against the 11” IPP existence, like I said, I love mine. It’s just I think the Air 4 offers better value for most people, not all people including me.
a MBA is not a better value to an owner of a MBP when they want a MBP, or a Mac Mini to a Mac Pro owner (even right now with M1 it’s not the same as a 2019 Mac Pro) yet comparing same chip types every generation nope.