If it is not, it is laggy as it swaps in and out of RAM from the SSD.

Instead, it must be fully loaded into RAM, both for CPU use and for Adobe's GPU acceleration (which unfortunately, effectively loads it into RAM twice, thus NOT taking advantage of the unified memory). For me, for example, interactive masking of a large photo is not CPU or GPU intensive (I have verified this by Activity Monitor). If I were to go back to the grind and practice law again, I would probably buy a second external monitor, perhaps another 34 inch ultra-wide or a 24-27 inch and stack them like in the photo attached with a 16 sitting next to it.Ĭlick to expand.I guess it depends on the use case. I used to practice law and I always needed dozens of tabs open alongside 5-10 PDFs and 5-10 word documents. That may still not be enough for you though. I connect mine to an ultra-wide 34 inch monitor that gives me plenty of screen real estate to work with. One caveat is that the M1 MBP can be connected to only one external display. The M1 MBP has a brighter screen than the M1 Air, and it actually has very similar single core performance to the new 14 and 16, so just upgrade on the RAM and you should be good to go for the next 5-6 years. As an attorney I assume you will carry it with you regularly so I assume you want the most portable capable device and with portability you want the BEST battery life, which is exactly what the M1 MBP gives you. Get the M1 MBP which has better battery life than the 14 and is svelte, lighter and just seemingly more portable.

8 core mac pro 3.1. 28gb ram