I'm in the market for a new laptop and I've been checking out the Lenovo Slim 7i (14” Intel) Gen 9, which comes with an Intel Core Ultra 7 155H, 32GB of soldered RAM, and a 1920x1200 60Hz OLED display. This setup is priced just over a grand (USD).
For real… My 2009 Dell Studio was a great Linux machine after Windows decided that 4Gi of RAM was not enough. My 2015 Dell XPS is still perfectly usable, even for moderately large software Dev tasks