In your opinion, what would be the best lightweight laptop to carry on a long backpacking trip?

I second MacBooks. I am primarily a Linux guy but the low power consumption of Apple Silicone is downright freaky.

This is the way, and exactly what I would recommend. Apple laptops are insanely efficient with their battery and performance per watt.

The only other thing that really tries to rival it would be the new Surface Laptop with the Qualcomm Snapdragon, but that’s because it’s just a MacBook Air clone that runs Windows instead. By all accounts, I’ve heard it does very well, but at least the MBA I’m completely confident.

Also good build-quality and some good super tough case options.