Macworld reviews Aperture 1.0.1

Macworld has taken Aperture 1.0.1 for a spin and they like what they see, for the most part. It seems like the phrase 'diamond in the rough' might be the best way to describe Apple's latest prosumer app. There are lots of bugs to deal with, a sluggish interface, and some RAW concerns that may trouble someone looking to plunk down $500 on some software.

However, with that said, Macworld finds loads to like about Aperture as well, including the robust organizational methods that Aperture allows you to use.

I'm sure lots of use would like to take Aperture for a test drive, but Apple hasn't released a demo version. I wonder why not.

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nosidam

Like any v1.0 app, it's going to have rough edges which I'm sure will be smoothed out in time. Now what I can't wait to see is which features get lightened and put into iPhoto '06 or, dare I say it, Aperture Express.

December 28 2005 at 4:31 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

John

I must say I am very tempted by this software, and did spend a little while in a local Apple store playing with it, but I agree a demo version would be more useful.

I can't really get a feel for how well it would fit into my workflow, or whether it would handle large photo libraries much better than iPhoto, which frankly doesn't work for anything above 10000 photos; a limitation that has forced me to carve my collection into 1 year chunks making it much harder to deal with.

Has anybody had a chance to see how it performs with very large photo collections?

December 28 2005 at 4:23 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply