Not sure how you can say 'x86 is the way to go' for the next 10 years given how much progress Apple has made with it's M* processors over the last few years. Sure, Apple keeps all of it's processors to itself, but if they were able to do this over a few years, others surely will be able to as well.
I switched to M1 laptop from Windows when it came out and I'm not planning to go back.
I'm waiting for the next TSMC process node for my next laptop purchase.
Did you not try Windows on M1?
Not really, it doesn't make sense, I liked Windows 7, but the newer ones not that much.