If anything, they are still trying to get away from their x86 dependence and move people to ARM. But on the other hand, from what I heard about the latest surface laptops running x86, they get great battery life and are only slightly worse in performance than ARM equivalence.
As far as software, only vertical markets where software has to be done offline or performance is critical will we see any Windows native software.
Windows isn’t even Microsoft’s core concern anymore. It’s Office. Server products and Azure.
As for writing apps for it: use dotNET, IT work will be using powershell
When I use to buy Windows computers, I always bought the business line. Are they just as bad as the consumer products these days? The last time I bought a Windows PC was 2016.
If "the operating system doesn't matter", there's this thing called Linux. You can still buy Dell computers and have their enterprise support, and run RedHat or whatever, and have their enterprise support.
So, other than habit, why should Windows be the default?
I was saying that the operating system doesn’t matter between Windows and Macs where there is mainstream commercial software - especially Office365 - and people are already comfortable with it.
In tech oriented companies, employees are usually given a choice between Windows or Macs.