Ask HN: What laptop should I get for development?

Hi HN.

I haven't shopped for laptops in a decade and I need some guidance.

TLDR:

* Daily use: VSCode, Figma, Photoshop, Firefox, Slack

* Currently use Pop!_OS and I really like it; would be nice to keep it

* I love the look of Macbooks, but I don't know if I will like macOS

* I don't really want to buy into the Apple ecosystem; will I struggle if I don't have an iPhone?

* Light gaming is a nice bonus (but I should say I don't like the look of most gaming laptops)

* I have a high budget

* Looking for something light, slick and portable as I will be travelling a lot

Any recommendations? So far I'm thinking a Dell XPS of some sort but not running Windows on it.