Aperture 2.0 - first impressions are very good!!

I downloaded and installed the trial. My hobby is underwater photography so I need an application that provides flexibility with expose. I have imported photos and I am very impressed with how they have turned out. Aperture 2.0 is the best I have used to this point and that includes LightRoom, Photoshop Elements, Bibble, and several others.
Several improvements I have noticed in the first hour:
1)much faster in all aspects. Faster generating previews, updates moving around in the application. I didn't get the spinning beach ball at all.
2) Repair and Clone - this is much better than the patch. This is something useful in underwater photography as it helps to eliminate minimal backscatter.
3)Recovery
4)Definition
5)Vibrancy
6)Photos of RAW files look very clean
There are other items as well, but I will leave it at this.

Yep, so far so good.
I really liked the adjustments being on the right, but I'm sure I'll get used to it on the left.
The added screen-space is handy when not in FS mode.
RAW D70 files look cleaner and less noisier.
Repair/Clone tool is pretty sweet!
Feels pretty snappy when adjusting. Crop/Straighten work well together and don't lag.
Highlights/Shadows still slows things down if checked, but not a big deal for me, as I do things in a certain order.
Anyway, lookin' good. Cheers.

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