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I'm new to resolve and am experiencing serious lag time just trying to watch my video back. It's a short video and I just imported it- didn't edit it at all yet and it's lagging so bad I can't even see what i am doing.
I'm using a Macbook Air 2018 running on MAC OS Mojave Version 10.14.6
1.6 GHz Intel Core i5
8gb
my memory and CPU numbers look fine, I closed out of EVERY other program on my laptop.
Is my computer just not going to meet the minimum requirements?
Thanks!

What are the details of the file you are trying to play?

While the new M1 MB Air is a killer machine, your Intel MB Air will not work to your satisfaction without an eGPU.
You may be able to do some limited work in a 1280 x 720 timeline.