M series are also the best laptop CPU available currently. The same trio of weight, processing power and battery life just don't exist anywhere else.
I just purchased the new HP Dev One to give it a shot. I'm quite happy with it so far. $1k. Also has a nipple mouse. https://hpdevone.com/
Pretty sure this still comes down to developing on Windows vs an OS that has nix internals. WSL is no substitute (yet). If I get anything that's not Apple, I have to use Linux and now I have a completely different set of problems. Even in the MacOS flavor of nix, most things "just work". Linux leaves you with a bevy of choices to be made, most of which I don't know the real effects of and then I have to deal with maintenance on my own.
Why isnt WSL a solution. It's a VM now and starts cold in less than 5 seconds
I’m not bothering to learn new keyboard shortcuts and change my muscle memory to use Windows.