Hi Fenbeagle,

AutoCAD will work with your configuration for minimal usage the slowness depents on the number applications you have installed and using in the same mac. You can refer to the system requirement for your mac in the following link.

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad-for-mac/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticle...

Hope the link is help full for your query.

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