Rather than finding an M1 Mac to be underpowered, I would more likely blame the port from Intel to M1 architecture and Minecraft’s need to run on top of a Java runtime.
Ha! that’s fair. But, that’s just one example. Sometimes I’ll just have safari open with about 4 or five tabs open, Discord, Mail, 2Do, Calendar, and a few other minor things in the background when a Zoom call or even FaceTime call goes pear-shaped. And while it may primarily be a software problem rather than a hardware problem, different hardware has been able to deal with the load.
Absolutely! These machines run hot! I am not unsatisfied by the performance itself taking into account that it’s 4 years old, but when the weather is hot --and this year it gets pretty hot here in Spain, let me tell you-- you clearly feel the throttling kicking in.
Also, knowing that the new AS thingies would run circles on this particular generation makes them feel even more obsolete.