I got an M1 Macbook when they first came out. It's still working flawlessly, which is more than can be said for the 4 or 5 Windows laptops I had before that (including one I bought just two months before getting rid and buying the Mac). Little things like the fact that the performance doesn't drop when it's not plugged in.
The stuff that Macs are good at are things that are often not front and centre on the spec sheet. My last Windows laptop had really shitty speakers, mounted on the bottom for some reason, and then stupidly loud fans even when just browsing the internet. The result was if you wanted to put it on the sofa next to you or the bed and watch a Youtube video, you could barely hear it even at full volume. And if you wanted to listen to a podcast over the sound of cooking in the kitchen, forget it. But yeah, the quality of the touchpad and keyboard, a decent monitor (I cry every time I have to switch to my bargain-bucket work laptop).
Honestly, the main issue with them is that they have quite low capacity hard drives and they charge an absolute fortune to opt for a bigger one. But nowadays, with the super fast external SSDs, it's not much of an issue. I've done photo and video editing from a Seagate Extreme Pro, and had no issues.
I think with MacOS vs Windows, it's a bit of you win some you lose some. MacOS switching between windows with gestures much more smoothly and efficiently. Windows is much better for just arranging Windows and dragging files between them. I also find a lot of the shortcuts on Windows more intuitive. Quite a few on MacOS require three buttons, meaning you can't do them easily one-handed (and you constantly forget them and have to Google it). MacOS doesn't throw a hissy fit if you try to rename or move a file while it's open. And the biggest one for me, Apple don't put adverts on software that you've fucking paid for. I couldn't believe the first time I played Mahjong on my new £1000 Windows laptop and had to sit through an advert. Outrageous.
