As @geophile said, your software requirements dictate your choice. Personally, as a system administrator that does photography on the side, I ditched my Apple

As @geophile said, your software requirements dictate your choice. Personally, as a system administrator that does photography on the side, I ditched my Apple stuff and went back to Linux. That meant ditching Photoshop and Lightroom, favouring open-source alternatives, but if you are willing to put on the work and you do not care about open-source or learning new tools, there are ways to run Photoshop on Linux inside a Windows or macOS VM — dual boot is another option. If all you care about is something that "just work" and will run both Photoshop and the Microsoft stuff out of the box, the MacBook is the clear winner. However, if you are willing to put on the work, it is my opinion that a ThinkPad with Linux will last you much longer and make you happier in the long run — the T14 with Ryzen CPU is what I would recommend.