Aperture exported image side by side with CS2 Posted

Here are side by side 100% shots of an image from Aperture and Photoshop CS2.
Shot with Canon 1Ds Mark II.
The crappy one on the right is Aperture.
Look at the fur in the jacket, the fringing on the headphone cord, the jacket itself, etc.
http://www.visualreserve.com/ap/aperture.jpg
Seriously, I do love Aperture except for the image quality (which is everything.) Is this something that can be fixed with a 10.4.4 upgrade?
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Ok - sorry.
D2h and D2x conversions with the current version of Nikon Capture (4.3.1 I think? can't remember) - Nikon's noise reduction is horriffic - it uses a smearing technique.
Color is usually pretty good from NC, I don't like the way it sharpens though.
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