I don't use Windows. The Raspberry Pi has great Linux support, and the Linux Geekbench scores were even higher than in Windows. Unfortunately, I couldn't find Linux Geekbench scores in the 23W configuration.
One company shows up with a marketing budget and it's got triple the market share and is now up to the level that Mac traditionally held when all of the things "nobody makes for Linux" because "nobody uses it" supported that.
We're also at the point where things like bank websites don't "officially" support Linux, but as a general rule they don't have any problems on it, and if they did have problems it would be a problem the bank has to deal with instead of a problem the customer has to deal with.
Without the ecosystem who wants Windows? And what will it do for reputation of the vendor or Microsoft when people can't run their apps.
People are already buying non Apple ARM laptops. They are called Chromebooks. They can run Linux apps and Android apps. And thats more than most consumers would expect.
Is this a US thing where your school buys you a laptop?
It is a thing that is essentially an equivalent of an employer-provided work laptop, but for students and provided by their school.
In a way, Google's strategy of getting Chromebooks into schools may have backfired as they're largely seen as kids' computers.
I gave chromeos laptops to my family because they aren't trustworthy. Now they have reliable laptops and don't get virus infections or os problems.