It seems there have been significant changes since my first Mac with a processor change. On a PowerPC Mac with 680x0 executables the performance was not great. I did some research and it seems that M4 emulation of Intel is very good. For some operations (CPU intensive tasks) the emulation is actually faster than the native Intel.
It seems there are some edge cases where emulation is slower but not many. I guess I will just enable Rosetta 2 and hope for the best. As I download other App Store purchases I am seeing other Intel-only distributions. I just assumed it would be best to run native code.
I use OpenSCAD for creating 3D print files and the performance in native Apple Silicon mode is great. I assumed rendering in CC would benifit from the “upgrade”. I do, however realize the issues of the need to support a wide range of MacOS releases and how that can cause one to keep “one foot in the grave” when developing code (I was a developer in a former life). I am just happy that Rosetta works so well.
I guess I can wait. Let me know if you need a beta tester when you are ready to go native.