Well, got a copy of aperture for my Mac

[nadinbrzezinski]

I think it will help to do some post processing, especially with some black and white.

[alfredo]

1. Let us know how you like it. I've thought about getting it,

But I've used GIMP since OSX 10.5 killed my Photoshop, and I'm not sure what I may gain by switching.

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. Ease... Using GIMP can be painful at times

[alfredo]

3. It does have a steep learning curve. I use iPhoto square up the

the photo because it is harder in GIMP.

B&W conversion is easy in GIMP with the plugins.

2.8 has really improved usability greatly. The menu has moved from the window to the menu bar. Yeah

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. Well, this gives you the full info

In the metadata, including speed, f-stop when available, kit lens, and all that jazz. It could be useful just as a learning tool for young photographers.

[alfredo]

5. Right now my money is going to a new body, most likely an Olympus EPL-5 or a used Fuji X100.

[rdking647]

6. i use it

with the nix plug ins. i love it. much easier to use than Pshop

[nadinbrzezinski]

7. Nix next month I s'pose

[alfredo]

8. Would Aperture be too much for my Mini? I have 8gigs of RAM.

[rdking647]

9. i think it would be ok

i ran it on a macbook pro with 8gb for a while

[alfredo]

14. Yeah, tight money makes me even more of a skinflint.

[justiceischeap]

10. I think it would probably depend on how large you allow your library to get

Of course, I use Lightroom, so I don't know off the top of my head if Aperture has a library but if it does I could see that having an impact.

[alfredo]

13. I archive to an external drive every month.

[nadinbrzezinski]

11. My MacBook has 4 in ram and it's eight years old

It ran fine.

[alfredo]

12. Thanks. That was a worry for me.

[nadinbrzezinski]

15. No problem.