Okay I'm a bit lost by the current laptop market between the heaps of bullshit companies are putting us through.
What I need is something decently powerful with the great battery life you find in ARM-based CPUs like Snapdragon and Apple Silicon chips.
I want the lightweight durable shit like Macbook Air you know, something I can realistically use everywhere.
I'm open to both Windows and MacOS because both are cringe, unfortunately I can't have Linux on it for reasons. (Don't worry I have it on my desktop). But I still can't decide whose the lesser evil, especially since all ARM Windows are boasting AI bullshit and I hate it I'm never gonna use that shit EVER anyway and I'm afraid I'm just paying a premium for their marketing bullshit.
Obviously Lenovo and Qualcomm are eyeing me for 
reasons but Asus Zenbooks are looking kinda cool
But ffs Snapdragon X CPUs come in three tiers and for some reason it's hard to find the highest end (called "Elite") where I live (Europe) and I have no idea if I really need one for music production (Reaper) and coding (Godot Engine)
It's so fucking complicated 
Thanks in advance for you precious help
Buy a second hand macbook m1 or m2.
Until China deepseeks the laptop space, western OEMs are just going to keep cutting corners and shoving shit. Apple is the far lesser evil than Micro$oft especially if you're on the refurbished market. The trick to apple is to never buy anything new and never buy into their walled garden.
You can also put Asahi Linux on your apple silicon machines (fedora asahi remix) which extends the lifespan of these machines even longer if it comes to that point (AFAIK reaper and Godot can be ported over)