I'd suggest you a) check out the technical specifications on both Machines and then also b) check out benchmark testing on both.
Affinity apps launch times on MacBook Air 2017 General When I have installed Affinity apps for the first time after starting my laptop all three apps stop responding for a moment and it after 40+ seconds they load completely.
As a general observation, a fast i7 processor is best with that kind of app as well as lots of RAM (the new OS versions all require far more RAM and so does Adobe), so 16 GB would be a minimum.
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A cold start of Affinity Photo on my M1 MacBook Air takes more than 10 seconds. Pixelmator is nearly instantaneous. JinBDGod-5 points 4 months ago 0 children. View Entire Discussion (9 Comments) More posts from the Affinity community. Posted by 4 days ago. Available now, the Affinity 1.8.6 update for macOS is ready to tap straight into the potential of Apple’s next generation of Macs, enabling users of Affinity Photo – as well as Affinity Designer and Publisher – to do more, faster. Read more: Best MacBooks for photo editing. Affinity apps are the first professional creative applications to offer native M1 support With our apps now primed for this transition, Mac customers with M1 can expect a more responsive user experience with respect to painting, pixel editing, filter effects, document rendering and more.
And, a laptop is designed for portability, not necessarily processing power (unless it's a top model Macbook Pro).
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Pick a model you're considering and check out the specs, then do the same with iMacs:
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