2015 Macbook Pro 13" Not as fast as what it was brand new

[frankiedoesoz]

Finding that my 2015 Macbook Pro 13" (force touch) that is only 6 months old has progressively been slowing down since new. Evidence of this includes:
* Boot times of the VMware Fusion Windows 10 instance which takes longer than usual and IO with the native OS seems slower (e.g. file saves)
* Loading times for native applications such as Office, Gimp are noticeable slower
* Boot times with the native OS are only ever so slightly slower

I have a 1TB SSD installed in the Macbook Pro that is at 30% capacity. I have 16GB of RAM and can't see that being an issue. I can't see anything in Activity Monitor that is hogging resources. I do have Sophos Anti-Virus installed but have excluded the VMware Fusion file directory.

Any ideas on what might be causing the laptop to slow down? Or is this normal?

 

[lowendlinux]

Finding that my 2015 Macbook Pro 13" (force touch) that is only 6 months old has progressively been slowing down since new. Evidence of this includes:
* Boot times of the VMware Fusion Windows 10 instance which takes longer than usual and IO with the native OS seems slower (e.g. file saves)
* Loading times for native applications such as Office, Gimp are noticeable slower
* Boot times with the native OS are only ever so slightly slower

I have a 1TB SSD installed in the Macbook Pro that is at 30% capacity. I have 16GB of RAM and can't see that being an issue. I can't see anything in Activity Monitor that is hogging resources. I do have Sophos Anti-Virus installed but have excluded the VMware Fusion file directory.

Any ideas on what might be causing the laptop to slow down? Or is this normal?

There's your slowdown

 

[triple-tap]

There's your slowdown

Agreed

 

[emilioestevez]

macintosh doesn't need antivirus, agree with ^

your machine is dual core...all that ram won't change that. maybe you need 4 cores for your work?

just install an ad blocker in safari to block malicious ads (uBlock is good)

 

[Alexrat1996]

my macbook is slow also

 

[M5RahuL]

Get rid of the AV, for starters!

 

[prospervic]

I do have Sophos Anti-Virus installed but have excluded the VMware Fusion file directory.

Get that sh*t off your Mac!