Not at all. I specifically bought a MacBook Air M4, first Mac product in my life, for its fantastic performance in a passively cooled notebook. I have zero loyalty to Apple and usually use Windows. If someone else starts beating them perf wise, I'll happily switch again.
replyLinus specifically always buys Apple laptops to run Linux on because they're just that good. Even despite all the paper cuts.
replyLinus Torvalds has in past used laptops from Apple, Lenovo and Dell and probably many more.
replyHis current laptop is an Intel laptop.
They are the kind of single core right now, so they’re the most interesting comparison.
replyDo you want to compare to Intel/AMD? If these are destined for phones that’s not a useful comparison by your metric.