The 8GB M1 configuration performs beautifully for me. I use mine for professional graphic design work, 3D modeling/sculpting, video editing, playing some emulated Windows games, etc. And my Mac has never slowed down, never crashed, and I’ve never seen the beach-ball. It outperforms several 16GB Intel systems I’ve used.
I am doing high quality models for 3D printing. I do most of my sculpting work in Nomad Sculpt, and then import it into Blender to make some adjustments. I have tried Blender for sculpting as well, and it’s run nicely. And I’ve used Blender for the modeling aspect of projects as well. And it’s yet to bog down my Mac, it runs snappy, even when I’m working with more complex projects with pretty high resolutions. And I don’t think most people expect to use a base-spec of anything for 3D modeling/sculpting work. I just happen to have tried it, and it works perfectly fine for me.
