You're comparing an (I'm guessing) few years old xps that needed replacing, to a last year's premium quality/pricing laptop. I know Intel is still behind on efficiency, but you should try a 12th gen with p/e cores before you write the whole thing off as legacy.
Also I'm not sure apple wants to license anything - they're doing quite well keeping the design to themselves.
I had a couple of generations of XPS and I am not convinced it will be much different. I watched a few comparison videos on YT and there was no contest.
Laptop would have to be constantly plugged to achieve similar performance to M1 and the fans... the fans is a deal breaker for me.
Intel is far far behind now, even with the 12th gen.
Also I'm not sure apple wants to license anything - they're doing quite well keeping the design to themselves.