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andrew5CB8
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November 10, 2020
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Illustrator on new M1 MacBook Air or iPad Air ?

  • November 10, 2020
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My wife is a graphic designer and uses illustrator a lot on her 27inch imac

its her birthday and trying to decide what's best to buy her as a gift so she can use illustrator on the road  .. iPad Air with pen or MacBook Air ? And will it run with the new apple M1 processor ??

thanks !

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    An iPad is NOT a Mac and can't run Mac apps. There is a brand new Mac Illustrator app but it is significantly limited compared to a Mac. This would not be a gift I would make without careful approval, it might be absolutely useless. The question of whether AI files can roundtrip is crucial. 

     

    It's way too early to be considering an M1 Mac for production use... to start with they run Big Sur and it's way too early to run with that. Things might be settling down by Christmas.

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    November 18, 2020

    An iPad is NOT a Mac and can't run Mac apps. There is a brand new Mac Illustrator app but it is significantly limited compared to a Mac. This would not be a gift I would make without careful approval, it might be absolutely useless. The question of whether AI files can roundtrip is crucial. 

     

    It's way too early to be considering an M1 Mac for production use... to start with they run Big Sur and it's way too early to run with that. Things might be settling down by Christmas.

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      andrew5CB8Author
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      November 18, 2020

      Took the plunge and got a MacBook Air ... she'll love it - and after reading reviews yesterday it should work with creative cloud just fine ... hopefully! Thanks 

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      davidem88197654
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      November 18, 2020

      Get her an iPad Air (latest model) or the 12.9 inch Pro, with Pencil, she will love it. As a designer myself using an iPad Pro, I can guarantee it's amazing to work with and be a huge help in any kind of task. There are some amazing apps on iPadOS ( Procreate, Affinity Designer, Affinity Photo, Adobe Illustrator, Vectornator)and for when she needs to work on desktop apps (eg. Photoshop) it can be natively paired with her iMac and work as a graphic tablet 

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        andrew5CB8Author
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        November 18, 2020

        Got a MacBook Air M1 yesterday !

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        Dedvyned
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        November 23, 2020

        Hello, what configurations did you get with your M1 McBook air? I mean how much memory space on your SSD.

         

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