Even if they were to match Apple Silicon pound-for-pound, they've been horrible stewards of the Windows OS in terms of nagware, bloat, and user hostile behavior

Even if they were to match Apple Silicon pound-for-pound, they've been horrible stewards of the Windows OS in terms of nagware, bloat, and user hostile behavior (the default browser nonsense). If they actually made an operating system that respected their users, I'd be more inclined to take a serious look at these devices.