Aperture 2 vs. Aperture3

I have a chance of purchasing a new full version of Aperture 2  real cheap. I was wondering if I should get 2 or wait until I can afford Aperature 3? I have heard some people say Aperture 3 is very slow.

lukebacon wrote:
OK, so the topic above's probably provocative enough for some, and that's what I'm interested in, concise answers or not ... More specifically:
-What does Aperture 2 bring to the table in comparison to LR that is significant in 'the big debate' ?
Having used LR in the past year (before I used Aperture) and now evaluating Aperture 2.0 I would say for me the following things speak for Aperture:
* GUI is more elegant, flexibel, professional and sexy LR in comparison looks like a consumer tool -> more fun to use Aperture, possibly also more efficient
* better integration with iDisk, iApplications and OSX
* better colours (this is strictly subjective and based on my cam and my preferences)
* dual-monitor support
* for me the browser works faster than in LR, especially with previews enabled
* plugin support for development tools (though it seems like SDK/documentation is not yet released), but looking forward to some nice tools from DxO, NIK, etc.
* better automation support
* smart-folders
Here's what still speaks for LR
* apart from the colours everything involving the actual RAW development, details are somewhat better, more tools, some tools are easier to use, tools are still faster
* more flexible web page and print setups
* color-labels
* I like the metadata browser (locations, EXIF)
Final verdict....uiiihhhh difficult.... still sorting that out.
Bye,
Carsten

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