You can get a 2020 M1 / 2022 M2 Macbook air for ~400€, that will mop the floor with all new hardware in that price range released even today (completely fanless/noiseless btw.). It also has decent linux support via asahi and Apple will still probably provide 5+ years of macOS updates anyway.

• geekbench: browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/compare/16388159?bas…
• ebay.de sold macbooks: www.ebay.de/sch/111422/i.html?_fsrp=1&_udlo=150&r…
• random lenovo: notebooksbilliger.de/lenovo+v15+g5+83gw00a7ge+820…

The simple trick to owning nice hardware is to never give vendors your money directly, let others burden the depreciation.