


Isn't your L570 also running warm with the fan audible with that usage? I'd find it hard to believe the L570 is quiet and cool, and can last 8 hours with the same usage. Here, it's running through Rosetta 2, and I bet that isn't a happy recipe. It is based on IntelliJ IDEA, which is a resource and CPU hog even when it's running natively on an x86 machine. Last but not least, VS Code is not native M1, but I think it'll be fine. On top of that, Safari and Chrome are both thrashing your CPU, and I don't know why your workflow needs you to have 3 different browsers running concurrently with multiple tabs each? It sounds like you need a 32GB machine with that kind of usage. Your memory usage is hitting 15GB + swap is already at 6GB. You're using way too much memory keeping too many things running all once.
