This comment is untethered from reality. Apple Silicon at present beats every single laptop on the market at CPU-bound workloads using a fraction of the power draw. Exceptions exist but usually those cases are break even or close calls.

It trails GPU workflows on the high end but wins on the low end. It still wins on efficiency.

It falls over on storage and RAM prices (well, for about 6 months it was competitive here).

I say this as someone who over the last year has done the majority of my competition on PC hardware running Linux.

You may be looking at this as a status game but it has clouded your vision. It is implausible that mass market products with mass adoption find their success solely on status. If believing that makes you feel superior, well, enjoy the rush.