They can, although you’ll hear plenty of stories about them failing, or people spilling coffee or something on them so they don’t. But a lot of buyers baby their machines, so it’s absolutely possible. Not sure how fast they would be at this point, probably more suited to casual web browsing or streaming services, but they can last awhile.
Maybe? Not sure if it would be right away, but I have seen some decent deals on the older M1 pros lately, so it would make sense.
Googling tells me it will likely run under 60 fps, like 30-40 fps. Maybe lowest will be closer to 60, but not sure.
I mean I played around with a M2 Pro at the store a few weeks ago and it was the fastest computer I’ve ever played around with, at least for opening apps and doing stuff. So you should probably be happy with it for years to come. I’m still using a 2013 MacBook Air, so if they announce something and I jump on it, hopefully I too can get many years out of it.
$1599 for 8gb you can take it up to 16gb for $200, although Apple sells the 14" M2 Pro with 16gb refurbished for $1599 now, which is better because it can support 2 displays, rather than the 1 display the M3 can. And making the black color require the M3 Pro is just typical.