I evaluated Sublime vs VSC just for note taking, since I was on VSC for years but I felt the resource usage was too much for having some .md files open.

Sublime used far fewer resources yes, but as others have said the plugins just weren't the same. It also felt like a huge premium to pay just to take notes.

Tried Obsidian a few months ago, and it's roughly on par with VSC but much better geared towards my notes.