Mac Book Pro for After Effects?

[yunfong]

Does anyone know if the Macbook pro will run after effects smoothly? I put the specs of the laptop below. Thanks

2.3GHz Processor
128GB Storage

• 2.3GHz dual-core 7th-generation Intel Core i5 processor
• Turbo Boost up to 3.6GHz
• 8GB 2133MHz LPDDR3 memory
• 128GB SSD storage1
• Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640
• Two Thunderbolt 3 ports

[PGZ@Mobibase]

Smoothly ? Unlikely.... Sorry for that.

Painfully, maybe...

In my opinion you need (a lot) more ram, a dedicated graphic card, and separate storage for cache / project and footage.

Check out https://www.pugetsystems.com/recommended/Recommended-Systems-for-Adobe-After-Effects-CC-144/Hardware...

Hope this helps

[jasontcox]

And i7 wouldn't hurt, too. At least if you want faster exports in some cases. Now if only AE took better advantage of hyper-threading...

[Andrew Yoole]

Those specs are adequate for running After Effects, but not great.

I use a MacBook Pro for After Effects almost daily, but it's an i7 CPU with better GPU and 16GB of RAM.  My machine runs very smoothly, even with complex projects and GPU based plugins like VCP Element 3D.

[yunfong]

Do you have the 15 in mac with these specs? If you don't do you know if it should be enough to run after effects smoothly? Thanks

• 2.2GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processor, Turbo Boost up to 3.4GHz
• 16GB of 1600MHz memory
• 256GB SSD
• Intel Iris Pro Graphics
• Two Thunderbolt 2 ports
• Accessory Kit
• Backlit Keyboard - US English

[rahulanimator]

Im also using macbook pro 2018. its a good configured laptop. But its very poor when working with aftereffects. I cannot be able to enable gpu. It only works in cpu.,