Why I should like Aperture?

I just started using the 30 day free trial of Aperture and am trying to figure out why I might want to purchase it.
First of all, I'm not a pro. I'd call myself an an advanced amateur. Although the photo organizing aspect of Aperture is nice it's not something I really need.
So what really interests me is the photo editing of Aperture. I already use Photoshop Elements and that seems to suit my needs. So what is it about Aperture that is more advanced or better? Is it how it handles RAW or is color correction more advanced?
I've only been playing around with it for about 3 days. If somebody could point out to me what I should be looking for I would really appreciate it.
Thanks.

Testing software with acceptable images leads to not forming an opinion, I don't know whether that's what you are doing.... try importing images that have problems: overexposure, under.. unnatural colors.... not enough sharpness
About Elements: this is an 8 bit/color editing software, like iPhoto and others. It's good, but after a while, you might get tired of limiting yourself to corrections in 8 bit/color format... exposure and white balance come to mind... but not only. any change in 8bit/color is likely to produce artefact or other collateral (more noise, unnatural tones, etc.)
shooting RAW is good reason to prefer aperture, because you don't have to convert your images. if RAW conversion improves in the future, your images will benefit.
Aperture is non destructive: you can always remove SOME or all adjustments, at your leisure
With Aperture you don't need to save. You don't have to decide what name should the improved version of an image should have, and even better you don't have to decide where to store it...
The organisational side of aperture is often overlooked, yet extraordinary convenient: example
create year folders and month subfolders, put projects in that folder. did you send some of those pix to a friend via email: create an album within the project and stick the images there: you'll remember it! same thing with pictures you printed or ordered: create one album per recipient...
in managed mode, aperture stores your pix and offers to create a mirror image of your library on another disk with the vaults... very simple, yet very safe...
others might suggest other uses... in short Aperture is not "just another tool to adjust pix": it's the equivalent to a room in my house that's dedicated to all things photographic....

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