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Absolutely the M1 and I'm sure M1X / M2 beat everything on the market. The question is whether consumers need the M* chips or if the latest Intel or AMD offerings are good enough given the tradeoffs. I don't have FOMO over most work per watt or suspend features on a laptop.

Funnily enough my ipad pro is great for light development work and remote access to a real workstation when I need it. For me there's no compelling reason to buy a MacBook. And as my pro is past the two year Applecare window I now have to treat it with kid gloves since a dropping it will be a $1,000 mistake. That definitely informs my next purchase which will not be an impossible to repair and expensive to replace disposable-by-design device.