> I'm honestly for the first time in a decade a bit excited about an upcoming computer,

I think we are more excited about a shake up in the whole computer world, that may mean the dead of ATX/MB's/etc as we know it. And a more profound move to eGPU/NUC/Laptop like powerful devices with a low power usage.

This feels a bit like a wakeup call to the industry. Like how the first (commercial) successful smartphone, the iPhone 1 fueled a entire industry for over 10 years to massive evolve. What is kind of funny because i felt like the smartphone evolution was starting to loos steam. The conversion between PC/Laptop/Smarthones will begin now.

I don’t think this transition will take two years, the transition to Intel took less time than they said last time. Maybe for the Mac Pro.

The MacRumours buyers guide has the MacBook Pro 16” as due an update right now: https://buyersguide.macrumors.com/#MacBook_Pro_16

Honestly, I’d be surprised if we don’t get an M1x (or whatever it’s called) within six months.

Nobody actually knows, but I remember Apple saying something like a 2 year transition (which includes new Intel products). So if you're not in a rush that's likely the longest you'll wait.