Laptop + 32 gigs of RAM is a recipe for destruction of your wallet. At least for desktops you can kind of scope things out, but companies aren't really in the practice of distributing desktops anymore it seems.
It's an absolute beast, build quality is almost on par with Apple (screen is better than what Apple offered in 2022, actually) and the 32GB RAM base model from this year can be had for less than 1,000€.
I dunno where the "destruction of your wallet" threshold lies for you but for me it's way higher.
The 2022 version also used Ryzen APUs and there is excellent Linux support. It's my daily driver for Rust development (I run Pop!_OS on it).
Point not comprehended.
There is a bit of a qualitative distinction between the Lenovo backdoor stuff and that. But that’s just my personal threat model
While I'm not a developer of any sort, you couldn't be more on the nose here. I waited and waited for a Surface Laptop that has 32gb on ebay. When it came, price skyrocket to almost double the 16gb model. Twice more it happened and I literally gave up and bought the 16gb. I don't know what the retail premium from Microsoft is, but the reseller premium is truly insanity. Surely, Microsoft spent the time engineering it to fit 32gb and could reap more producing more of them.
Stop buying macbooks if you want lots of RAM and performance for a low price.