I just walked into my Apple store one day a couple of months ago, fired up one of the G5's with a large display attached, downloaded some RAW images I had put onto a CD, and played to my heart's content. No need to wait for a official "demo." A guy wandered over to ask if I wanted help, I said "no, I want a new computer" and he told me to let him know when I was ready, and wandered away.
I don't use iPhoto primarily because of the severe limitations on how/where images are stored, I wouldn't use Aperture for the same reason, and I don't have a modern enough machine to run it anyway. That said, it is really slick. If it weren't for the storage issue, I would be tempted to buy a new machine just for this program. I may yet talk my self into it. But first I need to buy the K10D and replace my wife's failing iBook; a new machine for me comes after... Stan On Jul 16, 2006, at 11:50 AM, Ryan Brooks wrote: > Doug Brewer wrote: >> Godfrey and anyone else, >> >> I've been sorely tempted to try out Aperture for my Mac at home, as >> it looks to be a pretty good program. Have any of you run it through >> any sort of testing? >> >> thanks, >> >> Doug >> >> >> > I've used it on and off in the original version (1.0) and a newer > version (1.1.1 ?). In 1.0, I would have to say that the image quality > was not that great. 1.1.1 fixes my complaints about the image quality, > but I still prefer CaptureOne- Aperture may have a better interface, > but > CaptureOne moves fast on my G5, where Aperture crawls unless you have a > new intel mac w/ hardware graphics or a dual/quad 2.3GHz or greater G5. > > One thing that I do miss in C1 is Aperture's auto-stacking ability; it > groups images into stacks by nearness in time- this is really great > and > is very effective for automatically separating your different subjects. > > It's got great potential, and I'd certainly like to use it. Perhaps > once they support multiple image databases I'll try a wholesale import > of a few thousand images to see how it works. > > From time to time Apple stores will have a demo of Aperture, check the > Apple website- you can bring in images and work with the software > before > you buy it. > > -Ryan > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
