

When I did that, while the computer was working, I felt a wave of hot air come up from under the table. One of the steps in the demo involved \"lifting\" adjustments made to one picture and \"stamping\" them onto 5 others at once. * The program consumes a great degree of processing power, meaning that it's likely to make computers kick off a lot of heat. * Performance seems quite good, although I note that most of the images Apple is using to demo are 3-4 megapixel RAW files when using larger RAW files (10 megapixel or thereabouts) on the quad G5s, while previews were fast, it took some time (on the order of 10 seconds or so) for the images to snap into full resolution and for the loupe to become available. It's a lovely program and I think it will be a pleasure to work with. Time and time again, the program showed fine finishing touches that I rarely see in 1.0 versions of software. * As an initial release, the amount of thought that went into Aperture is remarkable.


I wanted to pass along a few initial reactions (recognizing, of course, that the version on display was pre-release): I went to PhotoPlus Expo today at the Javits Center in New York and had a chance to play around with Aperture while I was there. Please read the following from someone who actually played with Aperture on a Quad at the New York Photo Plus Expo recently (read parag 3 and 4 with the asterix): I decided to add something else about \"minimum hardware requirements\".
