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MacBook Air more powerful than my old MacBook Pro?

I have a mid-2014 MacBook Pro 15 inch, with:

2.5Ghz Quad-Core intel i7

16GB ram


It was a beast and is still absolutely fine for Adobe Creative Cloud, InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop.


According to Mac Tracker is has a speed of 3177.


My question is – is the new MacBook Air M1 even faster? It scores 7387


So does this mean it is even more capable of running InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop?


MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 11.6

Posted on Jan 13, 2022 12:39 PM

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Jan 14, 2022 9:06 AM in response to Smilin-Brian

So in summary the cheapest MacBook Air can easily run Adobe Creative Cloud InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop?


In the past I've had to go for something more mid-range or higher to use for professional graphic design work. But it seems the M1 MBA will wipe the floor with my 2014 MBP.


(95% of the time I use an external monitor, so screen size isn't that important to me, although the odd times I'm working away from my desk I think a 13 inch screen would be too small to actually design on)

Jan 14, 2022 10:23 AM in response to Sparky Marky

One thing to note, opt for the 8 GPU version rather than the 7 GPU version. The extra core will help with graphics apps. I personally opted for the 8 GPU version because it comes with the 512 GB SSD as well I do a good bit of photography work and the extra core plus the bigger SSD helps.


Also, if you using Adobe apps, you really should get 16 GB RAM as it cannot be upgraded and Adobe apps are memory pigs.

MacBook Air more powerful than my old MacBook Pro?

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