Lastly, I switched to Apple Core Image RAW on the 8GB M1 Mini and memory consumption expectedly went down by almost half and I can now comfortably import a dozen RAW files and edit them in real-time without any lag. The exposure slider still took a second to update changes but it was noticeably quicker than my 16GB Intel PC. My old trusty MacBook Pro did admirably and was a more pleasant experience to edit in AP than the WinTel box. This cut memory consumption in half, matching Affinity Photo on Win10. I learned about the Developer Persona Assistant and setting the RAW Engine to Apple Core Image RAW instead of the default Serif Labs. Next up, I installed AP on my 2015 MacBook Pro (2.7 Ghz Intel i5, 8GB RAM, macOS Monterey) and connected it to the 4K monitor. However, performance on the 3.7 Ghz SkyLake with 16GB was laggy and the exposure slider took 2 seconds to reflect changes. When importing photos the WinTel box consumes ~1GB of RAM for each RAW imports - so less memory use than the 2GB per RAW import on the M1 Mini. With 16GB of RAM AP exhibited noticeable lag compared to the 8GB M1 Mini. I installed AP on my i3-6100 SkyLake box with an nVidia GTX 950, all drivers and Windows 10 fully updated. Some good news! I am re-recommending the 8GB M1 Mac Mini, even for Affinity Photo.
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