Videos from Louis Rossmann convinced me modern MBPs are beyond awful: https://www.youtube.com/user/rossmanngroup

macOS and most apps have nice UX and mostly work well together. Docker usually works on top of the built-in macOS intel-origin hypervisor. (VMware Fusion is another $olid option for $$; had problems with VirtualBox.)

What's neat about the T480 is there's an utility on the Windows partition to flash the BIOS startup boot logo from red "Lenovo" to whatever you want.