At 16" it would still put them at a barely noticeable 100g (at 2kg) and 0.6mm difference. Even after Apple rid itself of Ive's obsession with thinness they would never go for "significantly thicker and heavier" than the previous model in a portable device.
Can't really think of many (any?) laptops that have this mix of thin, light, high performance, and long battery life.
I agree, I'd prefer longer battery life, and better performance in a slight weight and thickness tradeoff.
Sadly, I've tried PC laptops (Surface tablet, Surface laptops and Asus laptops) and the performance (speed, thermals and battery life) are still nowhere near the Apple M1 hardware. I wish there was better price/performance from apple, but until the PC world has a strong contender, I don't see that happening.
At least Intel has strong competition from AMD now :)
Thank you, buran777!