How does the MacBook handles Adobe CC?

[mrdeluxe]

Right now I have a 2010 13-inch MacBook Pro and Creative Cloud apps (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop and Acrobat) are so painfully slow I want to throw my computer out of a window (not to mention the dozens of background processes that merely having CC installed on my computer seems to create).

I was really considering a 12-inch MacBook since the most that I use my computer these days is to write, browse the web, manage PDFs and build and present keynote slides. However, I do have the occasional need to do some light design work and I was wondering if anyone has had any experience with Creative Cloud installed on a MacBook (and what model do you have).

Thank you!

 

[ShionoyaTamaki]

Right now I have a 2010 13-inch MacBook Pro and Creative Cloud apps (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop and Acrobat) are so painfully slow I want to throw my computer out of a window (not to mention the dozens of background processes that merely having CC installed on my computer seems to create).

I was really considering a 12-inch MacBook since the most that I use my computer these days is to write, browse the web, manage PDFs and build and present keynote slides. However, I do have the occasional need to do some light design work and I was wondering if anyone has had any experience with Creative Cloud installed on a MacBook (and what model do you have).

Thank you!

MacBook Pro (13-inch Early 2010) Intel Core 2 Duo
Geekbench score
P8800 - 2647
P8600 - 2455

Macbook (12-inch Early 2016) Intel Core-M
Geekbench score
m3-6y30 - 5086
m5-6y54 - 5889
m7-6y75 - 6807

12" will be at least 2x faster.

 

[KohPhiPhi]

My girlfriend has the new MacBook m7, and she does some PhotoShop with raw images and quite a few layers. Absolutely no slow down whatsoever. This little beauty is VERY snappy!

 

[mrdeluxe]

12" will be at least 2x faster.

tbh 2x faster isn't fast enough… this is really slow with CC! :/

My girlfriend has the new MacBook m7, and she does some PhotoShop with raw images and quite a few layers. Absolutely no slow down whatsoever. This little beauty is VERY snappy!

That's great to hear! Do you know if she has Creative Cloud running?

 

[NJRonbo]

My girlfriend has the new MacBook m7, and she does some PhotoShop with raw images and quite a few layers. Absolutely no slow down whatsoever. This little beauty is VERY snappy!

I have the standard m3 and it works great with Photoshop.

 

[jamies90]

I occasionally run CC InDesign and Illustrator on my 2015 rMB and it handles both quite well.

 

[ShionoyaTamaki]

tbh 2x faster isn't fast enough… this is really slow with CC! :/

That is measuring raw cpu power. Your old mbp is likely bogged down by other stuff you've installed over years and worse if you're still using spinning disk drive.