If you're playing games or rendering 3D models, sure, but how much graphics work does it really take to render a DE? Wasn't it Vista that was the first OS to e

If you're playing games or rendering 3D models, sure, but how much graphics work does it really take to render a DE? Wasn't it Vista that was the first OS to even support graphics acceleration for rendering the UI? That was a long time ago, but not that long either, and I don't recall it coming alongside massive improvements in battery life. I'm not against graphics acceleration or anything, but I don't find it at all hard to believe that a fast, power-efficient CPU like the M1 could perform adequately with software rendering.