It's part guilt. Doubting your expensive purchase, thus reinforcing it with this behavior. Apt comparison with religion, especially with recent converts.
That's not to say all Apple products are bad.
That's not to say all Apple products are bad.
Except, there is not a single Windows/Intel based laptop that can offer the same performance as say, for example, an M1 Macbook air ($750).
There really is no comparison and there is nothing that comes close on the Windows side at that price point. If there is, please link me because I would love to know.
M1 has made Macbooks not only superior in performance, but also more economically viable than Windows.
For example, I just changed the notebook graphics card on a refurbished HP ZBook... I paid $275 for a Gen 3 and upgraded the Graphics card for another $350. It was a lot easier than I thought and this computer is a beast.
Instead, I got a Ryzen 5800U based 13" machine for 780 Euros which came with a much more spacious 1TB NVME and 16Gigs of RAM for that added piece of mind when spinning up some VMs. That's much better value for me for a workhorse, plus it runs any linux flavor natively. The equivalently specked M1 Air would be 1820 Euros.
And best of all, the screen hinge rotates full 180 degrees, which for me was a must vs the screen on the Macbook and most other laptops that for some reason stick to 110 degrees and limits the positions I can use it from.
Sure, the Ryzen 5800U won't reach the same Geekbench scores as the M1, but the performance still puts it in the top percentile of CPUs on the market right now including the M1, and plus, CPU cycles are infinite while RAM and storage are finite.
As an added bonus I can also play nearly any game on Steam on it despite the device being barely thicker than the Type-C port.
Different strokes for different folks.
You should inform yourself about how RAM and SSDs work and read actual benchmark instead of parroting some wild claims that even Apple's marketing does not mention since having NAND storage at DRAM speed is just absurd.
Plus, using your SSD as RAM not only takes a performance hit but induces premature NAND wear turning your unrepairable M1 MacBook into e-waste sooner.
If you want 16gb memory you're paying at least 1700gbp.
If you want 32gb, it's 2999gbp.
Most Windows laptops have upgradable memory and you can buy yourself 32gb ram for ~100gbp.
A Macbook Air with 16GB memory and 256GB SSD is £1,199 including 20% VAT in the UK.