the whole pc laptop industry really is an embarrassment right now. It has been 5 years since the M1 Macbook release, and there is no real equivalent. I'm on a thinkpad x9, which might be the closest I've seen, but the cpu performance just isn't as good.
The industry also didn't keep up with the trackpad, which should be simpler.
Apple trackpads are so good that I prefer that over a full mouse for work
I actually looked for a desktop trackpad for my desktop pc that is on par with my macbook trackpad. Didn't find one available.
Apple sells an external trackpad. But AFAIK it requires the computer to have Bluetooth. Not sure how well it works with a non-apple os, though.
I suspect it does not work well outside Apple world. And that's kind of the thing with "I want Apple hardware but with Linux software": Software is actually important in the user experience with the hardware.