From https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42016931, it looks like M4 is very much still in the lead.

It's also not just the CPU: the laptops themselves are simply phenomenal. I have never had a x86 laptop that's this much of a genuine pleasure to use (ignoring macOS, which is my least-favourite operating system). Some of the newer Windows laptops are ahead, but they're still worse in at least one metric.

Not to mention Mac laptops are some of the only laptops with non 1080p or non 16:9 aspect ratio.

Microsoft also has forced makers to drop the old S3 sleep modes which set x86 laptops back decades regarding sleep and power management.

That was true 5 years ago. Today, many flagship Ultrabooks have 3k+ screens and 16:10 ratios. I'm typing this from my Lenovo yoga 7 that does.

That's good to hear. Last time I had to get a new PC laptop was probably ~3 years ago so that sounds reasonable.

My AMD Ryzen Framework Laptop 13 running Ubuntu 22.04 is a joy to use. Huge difference between that laptop and the first generation Intel Framework Laptop 13.

I don’t notice the fan running on it much at all.

That's an unconfirmed leak. I only compare chips that are available