MacBook 2017 - can it handle presenting with GoToMeeting, Zoom, etc?

[grisjuan]

The last time I bought low-voltage processor was several years ago. It couldn't handler running as the presenter when teaching online using something like GoToMeeting. The screen sharing and audio was just too much for it - the CPU would sit at 100% and the whole machine would lock up.

Have any of you tried this with the new 2017 MacBook? I would likely go with i7/16GB to minimize the risk of having a problem, but I'd feel more confident if I hear some of you have done it successfully

Thank you!

 

[EugW]

I'm curious. What system had problems with this? I haven't used it, but judging by description it doesn't seem that taxing, at least not in 2017 terms.

 

[grisjuan]

I'm curious. What system had problems with this?

ThinkPad x200s - so it definitely was a while ago!

 

[bill-p]

Yeah, GoToMeeting works. I use it sometimes to collaborate and present to my colleagues whenever I'm working from home. But if you have a 4K display plugged in as well and you do screen sharing, do be aware that things will slow to a crawl, though they won't exactly freeze up that much. The internal display of the MacBook by itself is cool, though.

 

[grisjuan]

Yeah, GoToMeeting works....The internal display of the MacBook by itself is cool, though.

Perfect, the internal display is all I need. Thank you very much!

 

[at0m]

I use zoom and GTM with my 2015 rMB 1.2Ghz/8GB it runs fine in both attendee and presenter mode. Zoom beats up the CPU quite a bit with the webcam on. It does this on my 2015 rMBP 13" as well so it's not unique to the rMB

 

[DNAppleGold]

I have the 2017 MB, with the lowly m3. Handles zoom like a champ. Have also used Citrix "gotomypc" to log into my work desktop. No problem. While I haven't used goto meeting, I can't imagine there'd be an issue