
Most of my computer "upgrades" over the last few years have been incremental (thanks to Intel), and some were even downgrades in performance for upsides in other areas (like the last time I tried to switch to a laptop as my main computer, in late 2016 - didn't stick, at least in part because that generation of Intel chips was awful).


Since I'm on Adobe's pre-release testing program (I don't think I'm prohibited from saying that, only talking about the software), I can keep one copy of Photoshop running native and the other running in Rosetta. Most of my important things are M1 native now, save some plugins that are still in the previous Photoshop format. Still undecided about updating this year, but will wait for their BF sale, regardless. DxO occasionally does things to tick me off (like emailing every day to encourage upgrades before a certain date, then running a better sale literally three weeks later), but I've kept current with PhotoLab for the things it does better than anything else (really bad noise, pre-Topaz AI) and perspective correction. Topaz Sharpen and Denoise were the New Hotness a few months ago, so I grabbed them. I've had Capture 1 licenses off and on for many years (currently have a limited one from my Sony RX10 IV), but I know my way around Lightroom very well, it gets me what I want from my Olympus and Sony cameras, and getting Photoshop as well for $10/month - less if you find an annual package on sale, which I've done a few times - is below my pain threshold, given that my website is included in the deal. Click to expand.I've heard that Adobe doesn't handle Fuji's colors as well as Capture 1.
