I have to use an M1 for work with 32GB of RAM. While I have no doubt that the hardware is quite powerful, it is the slowest FEELING machine that I have ever use

I have to use an M1 for work with 32GB of RAM. While I have no doubt that the hardware is quite powerful, it is the slowest FEELING machine that I have ever used in my life. Every personal device of mine runs Linux on much older / weaker x86 hardware; one of those systems dual boots Windows 10, and they all provide a snappier user experience than just spinning up a web browser on the M1 that I use for work. I have no idea why this is, and when I complained about it we ran benchmarks and non-scientific tests (i.e: let's see how long it takes to compile something) to compare my system with my coworkers to rule out something defective - they had the exact same numbers. I suspect it's software related. The difference between Linux and OS X is night and day, but even Windows 10 on a ~5 year-old desktop (can't remember the CPU off hand but it's an Intel) feels much snappier.