How to get a new device but avoid Apple Intelligence

My old MacBook Pro died and I do not want the built-in local apple intelligence capability that is on the new devices. I know you can supposedly toggle it off where the Siri setting is, but based on how hard it is to kill Siri, I don't really trust Apple to actually turn it off. I'm looking for solutions of how people have gotten around this either by one disabling it locally and in a way that they think is actually effective or two buying the latest model that does not have local AI capabilities or three a completely different brand. I use Apple device devices for my whole company and I'm really frustrated that they are doing this because it is going to push me and all my employees to another brand eventually.

Please note that I am not looking for a lecture on how AI is built into all of the services already, that functions differently. I am not a luddite. I make use of AI all the time but I use services where I control what information I am feeding it and I do not want Apple monitoring everything I do, including using optical recognition to read what I am working on in encrypted applications, and sending that back to their AI to train on.