I have a number of older Topaz licenses, but don't use them anymore. My toolkit is pretty much Capture 1, Affinity Photo, Nik ColorFX, SilverFX & HDRFX, Luminar and On1 - all of which are native already. Luminar and On1 are used for creative effects and utilities, not for RAW processing. The native version of Capture 1 flies even on the M1. I can't imagine what happens on teh M1Max.
I shoot Fuji and C1 nails the raw development for Fuji files. Gave up on Adobe for anything a couple years ago.
I've heard that Adobe doesn't handle Fuji's colors as well as Capture 1. I've had Capture 1 licenses off and on for many years (currently have a limited one from my Sony RX10 IV), but I know my way around Lightroom very well, it gets me what I want from my Olympus and Sony cameras, and getting Photoshop as well for $10/month — less if you find an annual package on sale, which I've done a few times — is below my pain threshold, given that my website is included in the deal.
Topaz Sharpen and Denoise were the New Hotness a few months ago, so I grabbed them. DxO occasionally does things to tick me off (like emailing every day to encourage upgrades before a certain date, then running a better sale literally three weeks later), but I've kept current with PhotoLab for the things it does better than anything else (really bad noise, pre-Topaz AI) and perspective correction. Still undecided about updating this year, but will wait for their BF sale, regardless.
Most of my important things are M1 native now, save some plugins that are still in the previous Photoshop format. Since I'm on Adobe's pre-release testing program (I don't think I'm prohibited from saying that, only talking about the software), I can keep one copy of Photoshop running native and the other running in Rosetta.
Most of my computer "upgrades" over the last few years have been incremental (thanks to Intel), and some were even downgrades in performance for upsides in other areas (like the last time I tried to switch to a laptop as my main computer, in late 2016 - didn't stick, at least in part because that generation of Intel chips was awful). My last big upgrade, from a mid-2017 3GHz i5 21.5" Retina iMac to a 2018 i7 Mac mini with a Vega 56 eGPU, came with a big increase in complexity and noise (both from the mini and the eGPU), and some new headaches (like having to remember to disconnect the eGPU before doing system updates). Going from that to an M1 mini was a decent (though not huge) CPU upgrade, but a substantial GPU downgrade (though not really noticeable in day-to-day use). So, M1 Pro/Max is my first opportunity to do a BIG upgrade with no substantial gotchas (he said, knocking on wood) in a very long time.
My big dilemma at this point remains the laptop question. I have not, historically, been a heavy laptop user, and it's difficult for me to look at a laptop that is likely to be in clamshell mode the vast majority of the time as anything but a waste of money (especially with a Mini-LED, ProMotion screen). On the other hand, 18+ months of running two computers and keeping things in sync has demonstrated the extra cognitive overhead (not to mention time) involved, and getting a laptop with enough storage to eliminate that whole "do everything twice" scheme (4TB would do the trick, but be pricey; 2TB would eliminate one currently-essential external from the mix) has its attractions. A theoretical 2-4TB M1 Pro/Max mini might give the same option, but I would still need a laptop for travel, leaving me with an M1 MacBook Air that sits in a bag at least 99% of the time. The same applies to any future M1 Pro/Max iMac, with the further caveat of being more strongly tied to a single desk.
So, I continue to ponder. I want to believe that dropping a lot on one of these laptops would set me up for a few years - the performance of a 10c/32c/32GB/2TB Max would be far above my bright-line performance needs. But this little voice in my head keeps asking if that's the only consideration that might sway me two years down the line. Would an iMac with a Mini-LED screen and ProMotion persuade me that having one good computer (the M1 Air) and one great computer (said iMac) would make the two-computer dance worthwhile? My current BenQ display is very nice, but it's still 4k scaling to look like 5k, and while it has excellent color, it's still just a nice 60Hz LED display with mediocre brightness (and thus mediocre HDR).
So, in the long run, which means more to me: a portable solution that eliminates the drudgery of installing everything twice and keeping two computers in sync, but connected to my (fine, really) current displays for most of its use, or an iMac with a world-class display and probably even better performance, but that only replaces one of my two current computers and is tied to one of my two workspaces? Or a (theoretical) M1 Pro/Max Mac mini that splits the difference (and suddenly seems like the least attractive option)?