There are some Chromebooks with Snapdragons that are somewhat interesting (though half the speed of an M1). And some of the Windows ARM laptops might be decent

There are some Chromebooks with Snapdragons that are somewhat interesting (though half the speed of an M1). And some of the Windows ARM laptops might be decent in this niche. Some of the Samsung Galaxy Books look interesting. You'd basically be giving up on running really serious stuff on the laptop itself. If you have good wifi/5G, a home server or an AWS rental might do the heavy lifting. It's a mixed bag, because the whole purpose is for traveling, and that's often when your connectivity is iffy. So, not sure. Battery life would be nice though.