Hi @RandyMcGregor_BMcD - have a look if this is a component of your issues:
https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/reduce-the-amount-of-license-checking-in-order-to/idi...
Some things you mention do not sound normal.
Otherwise, in general - Yes. Pro is much worse than ArcMap in many cases.
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Over the last decade (!!!!!! yes, it is 10 YEARS OLD THIS YEAR) many things have improved but there are still some components that are just badly designed.
Some of the screen drawing effects (fading things in & out) slow stuff down, regardless of the data involved, but some processes require more clicks than before, or clicks at opposite ends of the screen.
Something that bugs me endlessly is how laggy the Contents Pane is - I find that I have to repeat clicks, or cancel and click again because it constantly lags behind my mouse so the first click is applied to the wrong layer.
This is worse in Pro than anything else I use. Solid Edge comes close but still order of magnitude better. QGIS and ArcMap does not have this at all.
We're not even getting into the dynamic ribbon mess - If only we can get a legacy mode (ArcMap mode) to just pin the toolbars we use often - not a custom one, just the same a fixed location that does not go away every time you click to another layout object and back. There are workarounds but they are fiddly.
I'm not too affected by data stuff at the processing side but housekeeping tasks such as renaming a FC, unhiding a field, etc is just not done well.
One of the best for last - the attribute table view is something someone should be let go over, and told to get a job not involving computers 🤣:clown_face:
It is a constant re-draw, re-order, re-something, laggy mess all the time. Try copy/pasting a few field entries quickly. It will miss at least 30% when I try to work quickly. ArcMap never had that problem for me.
For me, ArcMap reacts better to user input on a 8yr old PC compared to a very serious current top of line workstation with Pro. I should've called my computer Chuck Norris....
At least the AGOL integration is good. If you disregard that many options YOU USE EVERY TIME are hidden behind one or two clicks.
My Pro experience can be summerised as "there is always something". Something that lags, breaks, doesn't save, behaves unexpectedly, creates lines in an urgent PDF, etc.
Being insane is doing the same thing over & over and expecting the outcome to be different. With Pro, doing the same thing many times WILL see at least 1 or 2 instances of it just picking a random way to waste your time. At least I will never go insane while using it so here's to lifetime memberships.......
Overall though, when you look at the cost of a license and the included cloud, web, & mobile inclusions it is still a very affordable offering. You can do a lot, and the value you should add to a project makes the license cost trivial.
There is no real competitor to the stack though - which I feel they need urgently to force both them, and the competitor, to pay more attention to their user base and efficiency.
When Esri staff say you need a decent PC to run Pro (not getting into data processing, just give a good UI experience) , I read it as recommending a PC that uses more power than should be necessary to complete a simple task. At the same time I see Esri personalities presenting at environmental events about how we can better map impact/change/benefit/resources/whatever using Esri products.......
Support the Idea to offer a Pro Low Power Mode.
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