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Can the MacBook Pro (14-inch, M4 Pro, 2024) run Adobe Illustrator?

Adobe Illustrator by Adobe: the publisher’s own minimum requirements, compared with this exact laptop.

Minimum requirements

Likely meets minimum requirements

Does not meet recommended requirements

Operating system — supported (Windows: Windows 11 (v24H2, v23H2), Windows 10 (v22H2) or Windows 10 v21H2 LTSC; Mac: macOS v26 (Tahoe), v15 (…); versions are shown, not compared. RAM — needs 8 GB; it depends on the configuration bought (up to 48 GB). Processor — no Mac processor restriction is stated. Graphics — Apple silicon graphics are Metal-capable.

How this was judged

Graphics chips are compared by class (an 8-tier rubric), not by benchmark score. The same tier as the requirement is only ever “likely”. Read the tier rubric and its limitations.

Published requirements

Minimum requirements

CPU
Windows: multicore Intel processor (64-bit) with SSE 4.2 or later, or AMD Athlon 64 processor with SSE 4.2 or later. Mac: multicore Intel processor (with 64-bit support) with SSE 4.2 or later
GPU
Windows: for the GPU Performance feature, a minimum of 1 GB of VRAM (4 GB recommended) and DirectX 12 or OpenGL 4.0 or greater. Mac: a minimum of 1024 MB of VRAM (2 GB recommended) and a computer that supports Metal
RAM
8 GB
Storage
2 GB
OS
Windows: Windows 11 (v24H2, v23H2), Windows 10 (v22H2) or Windows 10 v21H2 LTSC; Mac: macOS v26 (Tahoe), v15 (Sequoia), v14 (Sonoma) or v13 (Ventura)

Recommended requirements

GPU
Windows: 4 GB of VRAM; DirectX 12 or OpenGL 4.0 or greater
RAM
16 GB
OS
Windows: same as minimum

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