In response to the comments regarding its "excellent value" at $699, Lenovo is currently selling its 14" ThinkPad P14s Gen 3 for $699. It comes with a Ryzen 7 6850U that roughly matches the M1 in performance[1], 16GB of LPDDR5 and a 512GB SSD. In terms of what the everyday consumer will want/need, having 8GB more RAM and 256GB more storage is arguably going to be more valuable both now and going forward.
Edit: There have been a number of comments linking to reviews suggesting really poor battery life, however these reviews clearly mention 12th gen Intel processors, with an onboard nvidia GPU in one instance. None of these reviews pertain to the laptop I mentioned above, which features a Ryzen 6850U.
Edit: There have been a number of comments linking to reviews suggesting really poor battery life, however these reviews clearly mention 12th gen Intel processors, with an onboard nvidia GPU in one instance. None of these reviews pertain to the laptop I mentioned above, which features a Ryzen 6850U.
[1]: https://nanoreview.net/en/cpu-compare/apple-m1-vs-amd-ryzen-...