Ask HN: What does one look for in a laptop these days?
> if I'm missing on any new developments since 2015<p>Yes, you missed something huge.<p>Apple Silicon M1 or nothing.  It's just too good.  Low power consumption allows the laptop to actually be used as a laptop.  The power use-to-performance ratio is unmatched by anything on the market. Apple is breaking us free from decades of stagnation on the hardware front.<p>Nothing else on the market comes close. I expect this to change in the future. Will happily switch to a linux laptop once an energy efficient alternative to x86 becomes mainstream for linux.  There's just no way I can go back to x86 after tasting the sweet nectar of M1.