MacBook Air M1 chip SO slow?

It's not just you, and it's not just Adobe.

It's painfully slow. It starts out ok, but quickly boggs down in my normal work environment.

I'm thinking of switching back to my 6yo x86 machine, which works much better.

Hi, I'm having the same issue with the M1 computer. I have a MacBook Pro and to be frank it does not work at all. I'm using Slack, Chrome and Apple Music and it freeze all of the sudden. Any idea what ti do?

Good luck with your new purchase. Sorry to hear the M1 wasn't working out for you. Personally, I love mine! But I upgraded to the 8 core/16 GB/1TB HD version. It's been such an awesome device. I have to admit though, I don't use any Adobe products. I try to stay clear of their products.

It is slow as ****. AndI am repenting that I ordered two of these at the same time. Will follow up with someone on Apple to get this resolved for me or else I will tell all the customers at their showroom to refrain from ordering Mac devices. Will demonstrate the performance of this device to each one of them. Also I am not using 8GB RAM version. I am at 16GB RAM version of macair m1

I have the same issue and have been thinking of complaining to Apple for months now. For the amount of money paid for these products, it is unacceptable. My issue is with Safari - I can’t have multiple tabs open at one time as the laptop completely freezes.

My 2016 Macbook Pro (16 inch) is out performing it .. similar to what your going through but I am working with audio and production. I like the size of the computer so I just figured it would be slower by default but this is pretty slow haha

They do not perform well in the real world. My guess is that the tests were in ideal conditions with ideal software somehow, or maybe doing a job the especially good at.

You can see from this thread, that people are not happy, and I can attest to the fact that it's it's not just slow, but glacial, even after I switched to software built for the chip.

There is a discrepancy between the tests you are being shown, and the real world we have to use these machines in.

I stacked my M1 when I bought it and it is super fast (except saving pngs from PS). Everything else is considerably and noticeably faster.

indeed, i moved from pc to macbook m1 due to the great reviews. very disappointed. just ordered a pc and gave macbook pro m1 to my daughter

In my case the simplest processes like npm install with node are taking about 45 minutes whereas the same completes on my lower hardware configuration in windows within 5 minutes

Interesting because all documented tests to date show it faster on most applications than previous models. Perhaps there is an issue with the apps you noted for some reason.

Thats right, I actually bought the M1 MBP because all the tests and reviews online. But in the real world it´s actually slower when using Adobe Photoshop or Lightroom.

Or perhaps the tests are isolated examples on clean, newly booted machines.

In the real world, even my software compiled for the new chip runs slowly. It creates a noticeable drop in productivity.

They were tested on app intensive video editing software (e.g. Final Cut Pro, etc.) so tests should be good examples.

That maybe the case for some, but mine is slow in many ways