Just out of curiosity the post seemed to die after you decided.
How has that 16” MacBook worked out for you? I do a fair bit of rendering inside VW and my razer blade 15 can’t hang. I’ve been considering the 16” MacBook and I hear it’s great for x but not for x, but in no particular order.
Hows it held up under the old while rendering? Do you need to put it in the refrigerator?