NVMe PCIe M.2 drives are faster than SSD.
About 2 to 2.5X faster
They require a special socket on the motherboard.
Or an adapter to plug into a PCI Express socket.
The bios of the motherboard must support booting from an NVMe PCIe M.2 drive.

DODD Camera???
I used to but from them when I lived in NE Ohio

Why not look at a "video camera"?
Such as the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K?
It uses Canon lens....

I have a charger that also tests the capacity of the battery ( if desired ).
To test the battery, the battery is first charged ( you can set the charge rate )
Then the battery is the discharged ( you can set the desired discharge rate )
The battery is then charged so it can be used.

When all done it displays the Milliamp hours of the battery!

If the battery is rated at 2000 milliamp hours and it tests at 1950 you are ok.
If it tests at 1500 then yes the battery is starting to go bad.

In many years, I still have not thrown out any of my mimh eneloop batteries.

Just sitting on the shelf they self discharge at the rate of 15% per year!

Why not just hook up your android phone to your computer. and then hook up your Iphone to your computer.
Use windows explorer to copy files from one phone to another.

Have you tried letting someone else use the camera ?

That would eliminate possible vision problems on your part or operator error.

Mechanical hard drives are only vunerable to knocks while running.
When the drive is off the head is "PARKED"
For example an Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 has a rating of 350G'S non operating!

Don't even think of changing lens in the slot canyons!
They are very dusty!
It is recommended you keep dust cover over camera!

From what I have read due to crowd size - photo tours have been discontinued!

As long as you have enough ram to run the programs that you are using, having more ram does not make the computer run any faster as the extra ram is just sitting there doing nothing.

As other people have stated, not knowing what you old computer was and what your new computer is - you can't tell why the new one is slower.

For example if your old computer ran on a SSD and the new one has a mechanical drive - the new one will most likely be slower due to drive speeds.

The Iphone lens elements are not coated.
Try shooting into the sun, where the sunlight hits the front element.

No you don't have to get an Iphone to make phone calls.
I have a sprint pay as you go smart phone. $60.00 covers a whole year of phone calls away from home.
Since most places have free wify, I can surf the internet for free away from home.
At home my under $5.00 Voip service with unlimited calling covers most of my phone calls!

Night mode - time exposure on tripod. Use exposure peaking or view graph to not overexpose highlights.

You also could take multiple exposures to do HDR to increase exposure range. ( Stars will move )

DSLR'S will do better do to Iphone's low ISO...

When you fly, do you feel vibrations ??
if not neither does the camera.

My wife and I are your age - we use voice activated systems.