I was on this boat too, building hackintoshes, etc until the M1 came out. I refused to ever buy an actual Apple machine, especially since work gives me one to use for work/coding. I'm sold on the m1 though, miraculous little device, love my 14" powerhouse. M1 max, 64gb ram..

And I have PORTS again. I used the HDMI port the first day I got the machine.

Expensive af but it'll hopefully last me 5+ years.