Apple iMac: RAW File Conversion to TIF and JPEG vs Mac Pro, MBP

2013-01-10 • SEND FEEDBACK |
Related: iMac, laptop, Mac Pro, MacBook, MacBook Pro, Photoshop, raw file processing

Thanks to Other World Computing for making the iMac available for testing, as well as the 32GB of 1600 MHz memory and OWC Mercury Helios / Accelsior SSD.

For conversion of digital camera RAW files, the iMac is much less impressive than on regular Photoshop tasks.

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Photoshop CS6 convert 100 Nikon D800E 36MP 14-bit RAW to 16-bit uncompressed TIF
Late 2012 iMac 3.4 with GHz NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX 2GB *

Photoshop CS6 convert 100 Nikon D800E 36MP 14-bit RAW to max-quality JPEG
Late 2012 iMac 3.4 with GHz NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX 2GB *