Adobe Software vs MacBook Air

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Adobe Software vs MacBook Air

Hello.

Soon, I'll be buying a late 2013 MacBook Air.

I was using a late 2010 Unibody MacBook, which, sadly, got stolen. In it, I had numerous softwares, but, for professional reasons I used a lot of Adobe's Softwares: mainly Adobe CS6 softwares!.

Question: are these particularly quick when used on a MacBook Air? Or is the low end laptop now adequate? Is 4 GB's RAM & a SSD fast enough to work with Photoshop, Illustrator or InDesign?

Thank you for any information you may provide me with.

Posted on Mar 14, 2014 12:35 PM

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Donald Morgan

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Mar 14, 2014 6:59 PM in response to JMPC

It should work fine but if I were you I would max out the ram becasue it will help with the Adobe Software.

Don

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Mar 14, 2014 7:07 PM in response to JMPC

Heres an example youll like, on the SLOWEST 2013 Air, CS6 Adobe Photoshop will boot in 4+ seconds.

thats very very fast for such a huge APP.

Yes, all Adobe stuff will run fast as lightning on your Air, however the Air is NOT the best idealized machine to be sure for VIDEO editing.

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dwb

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Mar 14, 2014 7:09 PM in response to JMPC

My 2011 MBA with 4GB handles the Adobe suite quite nicely and it is significantly slower than the newer models. That said, the RAM upgrade to 8GB would be a smart investment.

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