(macs are great for content creation for example, can't be beat) but the intel ones for programming i saw no advantage over windows or linux but the m1 ones for sure, multithreading beasts im preatty sure
i use my laptop so i can do gamedev at the park since going outside is nice and thats basically all i use it for, since the only game i work on right now is 100% Zig, i dont need a beefy CPU to compile everything