Just to add that people who haven't tried it just don't get it. If you are used to web based editors like vscode, sublime text it is much, much faster than that. No matter the hardware, you can always tell the difference.
Sublime still feels like the most natural extension of the mind (when it comes to writing code by hand). Though, I use it mainly as a 2do list and notepad these days.
And you can do live preview via plugins.