@MikeFromMesa, times don’t mean much if we don’t know what files were processed and what the settings were…but some figures were posted.
I recently developed 60 test images with PureRaw and got them developed, with DeepPrime, in about 6-8 seconds per image.
Comments: While I tested all this on a 2020 M1 MacBook Air (which is not the most powerful Apple Silicon Mac around), I’d not see an immediate need for you to buy a new MacBook. Developing images is something that I don’t watch either. I simply start (high number of) conversions and then do something else… One hint though: Set your Mac to not sleep, because it interrupts development on M1 Macs (open the terminal and enter “caffeinate” to keep tha Mac going. Afterwards, enter - to stop the caffeine…)