If you still care, your patience may have been rewarded. There is a discussion at MacInTouch that provides recommendations to your very question. At the very least provides a venue for further questions since you're not deluged by responses to your original post.
On a Mac since 1984. Currently: 24" M1 iMac, M2 Pro Mac mini with 27" BenQ monitor, M2 Macbook Air, MacOS 14.x; iPhones, iPods (yes, still) and iPads.
