Poor Performance on a Capable System (i7, 16GB RAM, SSD)

[fariya_yousaf]

Hi everyone,

I'm hoping someone can shed some light on a persistent performance issue I'm facing with Adobe Acrobat Reader. The application feels surprisingly slow and laggy on my system, even for basic tasks like opening files, scrolling through documents, or zooming.

My usage is very simple – I only use Acrobat for viewing PDFs, not for editing or any other heavy tasks. I would expect it to be very responsive, especially given my hardware specifications:

• Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8565U

• Installed RAM: 16.0 GB

• Storage: 256 GB SSD

• System Type: 64-bit operating system

As you can see, the system should be more than powerful enough to handle a PDF reader without any lag. I've noticed that other, more lightweight PDF viewers run perfectly fine.

Is this slow performance normal for the latest versions of Acrobat? Are there any known settings I can adjust to improve responsiveness, or any common fixes for this kind of issue?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

[try67 · Accepted solution]

Acrobat has become a bloated mess. Constantly crashing and hogging system resources, while running multiple instances in the background that never close properly. It's a disaster.

[try67]

But hey, it's got an "AI Assistant", so it's all worth it! </s>