Computer Horsepower Needed

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I have what is probably a dumb newbie question, but to what extent does computer horsepower enhance the use of DevonThink Pro Office.

My main computer is a MBP 15-2017 with the i7, 16 gb, 1 TB and DevonThink runs like a top. My job has changed and now requires me to do a considerable amount of traveling, usually involving cross country flights. The MBP is just too big for the on-board tray of most airlines.

I’ve tried IOS version of DevonThink and just prefer the MacOS version.

So my question is, would the dual core i7 and 16gb in a 12" Macbook perform adequately with a 20 gb database (10,000 documents, 20 million words).

Will it be painfully slow as compared to my MBP? Does dual core as opposes to quad core affect DevonThink performance?

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Though there are no known metrics for a correlation, I wouldn’t imagine it would be much different. The 16GB RAM and SSD in the 12” MacBook should be performant. I have a beloved 2012 8GB MacBook Pro that I swapped in a new SSD and replaced the battery. It runs DTPO and all my apps like a new MacBook.

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Jim is right - RAM is more important than the number of cores.