Whenever I see reviews of new Apple hardware, it's easy to find comparison benchmarks for CPU, GPU, and sometimes software including Photoshop, games, or 3D software.
Since I spend most of my time in InDesign, it's hard to know what kind of performance gain to expect. So I tested my two machines just to satisfy my own curiosity, by timing the only tasks for which I have to "wait" for the machine. Hopefully this will be helpful to a few people!
InDesign CC 2014
PDF Export: Export a hi-res PDF of an image-rich 52-page magazine.
Scroll: Page down through the entire document after turning on display performance > high quality.
Load images: Load a folder of 30 hi-res images (time it takes until the dropper is ready to place them)
2012 rMBP (2.3 i7/256/16)
PDF Export: 1:02
Scroll:9 sec
Load images: 7 sec
2014 iMac 5k (3.5 i5/512/32)
PDF Export: 0:43
Scroll:12 sec
Load images: 3 sec
Since I spend most of my time in InDesign, it's hard to know what kind of performance gain to expect. So I tested my two machines just to satisfy my own curiosity, by timing the only tasks for which I have to "wait" for the machine. Hopefully this will be helpful to a few people!
InDesign CC 2014
PDF Export: Export a hi-res PDF of an image-rich 52-page magazine.
Scroll: Page down through the entire document after turning on display performance > high quality.
Load images: Load a folder of 30 hi-res images (time it takes until the dropper is ready to place them)
2012 rMBP (2.3 i7/256/16)
PDF Export: 1:02
Scroll:9 sec
Load images: 7 sec
2014 iMac 5k (3.5 i5/512/32)
PDF Export: 0:43
Scroll:12 sec
Load images: 3 sec