For anyone who wants to use his computer as he pleases e.g. install Linux, and wants to have upgradability and repairability options all Apple products are dead fish in the water.
Apple epitomizes the corporate-lock in to the maximum!
The M6 SoC is Apple's first 2 nm chip for Macs and also the new entry-level chip. Apple managed to improve the performance as well as the efficiency and pretty much destroys the direct competition from AMD, Intel and Qualcomm.