I don't think there can be a universally accepted answer to this, as there are so many different user priorities for laptops. Having said that, I think the top

I don't think there can be a universally accepted answer to this, as there are so many different user priorities for laptops. Having said that, I think the top requirement for most laptops is that "it's gotta run what I need it to run on day one". For a huge amount of light users, ARM Macs are going to satisfy that requirement easily. Once you move up the food chain to users with more complicated requirements, however, it's less of a slam dunk... for the moment.