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Originally Posted by David Munch
But in contrast it would also have been faster if the SSD hadn't run out of space. SSD's experience falling write performance as they start to fill up.
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True. Unfortunately there wasn't much I could do about the SSD space. The MacBook Pro 2014 only has a 256GB SSD and it was already down to about 94GB at time of test. Whenever it falls below 100GB it slows down. I do plan to delete most of the files and most of the apps off of it and use it as a backup computer and for tasks that require an older 32-bit app. It has Mojave and can run 32-bit apps. However, I don't have many 32-bit apps left, so I am also entertaining the idea of doing a clean install of Catalina so it can still get security updates.
At any rate, the MacBook Air M1 is just plain faster all around, which is expected. It is much snappier, loads M1 optimized apps blazingly fast, even Lightroom and Photoshop, and it has an M series processor. Having an M series processor is important for multiple reasons. One that isn't discussed much but should be is that eventually all of the new Macs will have them and none will have Intel processors any more. Once that occurs, I expect a rapid deceleration by app developers to keep their old Intel based apps updated. Even the very fast Intel Macs will one day be left high and dry as far as apps go.