This. I use an M1 Air and the hardware is exceptional (other than the keyboard obviously). Mac OS however is not. You need something like Rectangle installed

This. I use an M1 Air and the hardware is exceptional (other than the keyboard obviously). Mac OS however is not. You need something like Rectangle installed just to get half-decent window management. Windows 11 wipes the floor with it on accessibility (for things like font tweaks and so forth). And the speed with which you can work under both Windows and Linux (Mint for example), using the keyboard almost exclusively, really puts Mac OS to shame. If a non-Apple laptop maker did Apple-quality hardware with a better keyboard and anything like the Air's battery life then I'd be interested.