4k video editing - I admit is a valid use case, not something I've ever had to do. But I doubt most people buying these are video editors.
RAW photos straight off my Sony A7iii bog down Lightroom, but not horribly so. Once I try to scroll through a few hundred of them and apply bulk edits things slow more. Photoshop is fine unless I open more than about 10 large files simultaneously.
Editing 1080p video in Final Cut Pro I can bog it down from time to time. 4K is utterly unworkable unless I let it convert it all to ProRes - even then it's quite slow.
I should also mention during all of this the fan is absolutely screaming, and battery life is about 30-40 minutes - it's essentially un-useable for demanding tasks on even a warm day and when not plugged in
All-in-all it's acceptable, but I will get a used M1 MBP as soon as I can afford it.
This is such a ludicrous argument. If something is faster, it's faster. What's the problem?
