You’re assuming the chipset is completely free and waiting to handle your text edits.
If my editor is responsive while the computer is idle, but slows to a halt when I am running some other intensive process, that’s not good enough. I’d put the editor in the same category with the window manager and the terminal... the “needs to still work even while the machine is under extreme load for random reasons” category.
If my editor is responsive while the computer is idle, but slows to a halt when I am running some other intensive process, that’s not good enough. I’d put the editor in the same category with the window manager and the terminal... the “needs to still work even while the machine is under extreme load for random reasons” category.