I wouldn't be opposed to trying out a normal arm based laptop down the line when more software gets distributed and run on arm natively, but if you want battery life then you're better of with a Dell 9510. Dell claim 37 battery life but some tests put it at 17 hrs where the M1 gets 12 at the same load. And that is with a i7 or 9 which should use even more power than the m1?

I know, I just chose an esoteric hacker-y thing for maximum hyperbole.

But really, the vast, vast, vast, vast majority of people could not possibly care less about what people complain about in regards to the Mac on here. Is the hardware pretty and performant? That’s what they care about. Nobody gives a damn about running Linux on a MacBook Air.

Yeah, those people would be better off giving money to Linux OEMs so that they would create LinuxBooks of comparable quality, instead they give money to Apple.

I hear you. Completely agree. I always thought the complaints were a bit narrower in scope than most people on HN seemed to believe.

No question - HN complains and is outraged at things people like!

Those complaints aren't for users but for makers. Apple doesn't make devices for makers.