1- open both pd and plug data, go to terminal, launch top and see differences in cpu and specially memory…
2- see how much space both installers / binaries take
3- check your Library/application support/plugdata and see how many Gb’s of useless Junk you have piled up there. I just emptied up around 2 Gb today…
4- Plugdata can’t run headless. Thats the even more efficient way pd currently works in the organelle when you aren’t using VNC or connected to a monitor and seeing the editor.
5-Miller Puckette (Creator of Pd and Max…) Is still alive, working on pd and aware of plugdata…
Knowing Miller (a bit) . I have no doubt that if there is someone that could make pd more efficient, (Like When He made it to run in an esp32 microcontroller…) that’s Miller himself…
SO, yeah, keep using plugdata but keep in mind: No Vanilla = no plugdata