I wouldn't buy any piece of hardware under the idea it will hold any sort of value.

If Apple is phasing out Intel, then x86 supported macOS is already starting to die off. It will take some time, and Apple will maintain support for years, but it is dying off, making an Intel-based Mac a product with a guaranteed expiration date.

I'm in a position where I am stuck on Windows 10 against my will, as a gamer and a business user, I need Windows and I refuse to dual boot. Linux isn't an option as support is still limited and many of the apps still look like they were made in 1970. macOS is the closest thing for me, many of the Apps I need have versions for macOS but gaming still is a problem. The problem is it only works on Hackintosh, there is no way I'd pay Apple for their inferior hardware with 200%-300% markup.

I was a Microsoft supporter up until Windows 10, a lot of the claims Apple made about Microsoft and Windows in their I'm a Mac I'm a PC did not age well because they all can be reversed to this day and Windows is actually more secure. But Microsoft went full evil with Windows 10 but there is nowhere to go for me without dual boot or dual computers. I used to run both side by side but it is just a pain.

In an ideal world, I'd run Linux as my main workstation.