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Too bad software still doesn't exist in Windows on ARM. Linux on ARM, and no, Android doesn't count as Google's trying to lock it down and seemingly at minimum castrate AOSP, has software but Qualcomm will probably never support Linux.
I don't know that this is as true as it used to be. For my standard office-centric use case it's fine. I just need Dropbox and the office suite. But a lot of windows software has ARM versions now. The only thing holding me back is the lack of an ARM Surface Go.
I wish decently powerful small laptops would make a return. I dearly love my 11" MacBook Air and I'm still astounded I can even somewhat use it today for various research and office work, but it could seriously do with an M1 chip and 16GB of memory.
I have a Dell XPS 13 9315, which is roughly the same size as the 11" air (actually slightly smaller), and I absolutely adore it. I didn't get the highest-end because I didn't need it, but it's available with some decent processors and up to 32Gb RAM. It just sucks that everything is soldered to the board and non-upgradeable, and it has only 2 USB C ports, but that's the price you pay for the size. The battery life is actually astounding, too, I am constantly amazed how long it lasts. The new XPS13 has the weird square flat keys and no border around the touchpad, I'm really glad I got the model I did because the new ones look like a pain to actually use.
Like I can actually do a little bit of light Solidworks on it if I'm not near my desktop, which blew me away. It plays the indie games I like, too, so it basically just does everything I need.
My winter project is to install Linux on it and get it all working the way I want.