From https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42016931, it looks like M4 is very much still in the lead.

It's also not just the CPU: the laptops themselves are simply phenomenal. I have never had a x86 laptop that's this much of a genuine pleasure to use (ignoring macOS, which is my least-favourite operating system). Some of the newer Windows laptops are ahead, but they're still worse in at least one metric.

That's an unconfirmed leak. I only compare chips that are available

Not to mention Mac laptops are some of the only laptops with non 1080p or non 16:9 aspect ratio.

Microsoft also has forced makers to drop the old S3 sleep modes which set x86 laptops back decades regarding sleep and power management.

That was true 5 years ago. Today, many flagship Ultrabooks have 3k+ screens and 16:10 ratios. I'm typing this from my Lenovo yoga 7 that does.

That's good to hear. Last time I had to get a new PC laptop was probably ~3 years ago so that sounds reasonable.

My AMD Ryzen Framework Laptop 13 running Ubuntu 22.04 is a joy to use. Huge difference between that laptop and the first generation Intel Framework Laptop 13.

I don’t notice the fan running on it much at all.