so yeah, how can i make aperture 3 not painfully slow? with the caveat that i don’t want to spend money on hardware upgrades etc (and afaik the CPU/GPU in my 1st gen 24" iMac isn't upgradeable anyway) ...

You’ve decided to pack-up your digital photo library and make the big move from iPhoto ’09 to Aperture 3. Luckily, if you’re using the latest versions of both ...

Aperture 3 does jump well ahead for high-noise images from what I’ve seen, but the competition has edged it out in the cleaner images. It’s always a battle between quality and speed here, but I can’t ...

It’s been a long time coming, but Apple’s latest pro photo software, Aperture 3, is here. Apple’s claiming over 200 new features, pulling in iPhoto stalwarts like Faces and Places, and new slideshows ...