Aperture on 20" Intel iMac

I just ordered a 20 inch iMac with two Gigs of ram and 256 Megs of video ram. How will Aperture run on this machine? Also my workflow includes converting all my various Raw files to DNG. Will Aperture open and treat these files just as any Raw file? It occurs to me that this would be a moderately tranportable setup, useful for Client presentations and such.
20" iMac Core Duo 2gig ram Mac OS X (10.4.6)

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Jun 9 00:07:16 localhost com.apple.kextd[10]: Failed to load /System/Library/Extensions/IOSerialFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/InternalModemSu pport.kext - (libkern/kext) requested architecture/executable not found.
Jun 9 00:07:16 localhost com.apple.kextd[10]: Load com.apple.driver.InternalModemSupport failed; removing personalities.
Jun 9 00:07:16 localhost configd[13]: network configuration changed.
Jun 9 00:07:16 localhost configd[13]: bootp_session_transmit: bpf_write(en1) failed: Network is down (50)
Jun 9 00:07:16 localhost configd[13]: DHCP en1: INIT-REBOOT transmit failed
Jun 9 00:07:18 localhost loginwindow[30]: Login Window Started Security Agent
Jun 9 00:07:18 localhost loginwindow[30]: Login Window - Returned from Security Agent
Jun 9 00:07:18 localhost loginwindow[30]: USER_PROCESS: 30 console
Jun 9 00:07:18 localhost com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[87] (com.apple.ReportCrash): Falling back to default Mach exception handler. Could not find: com.apple.ReportCrash.Self
Jun 9 00:07:21 localhost configd[13]: network configuration changed.
Jun 9 00:07:21: --- last message repeated 2 times ---
Jun 9 00:07:21 localhost com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[87] (com.apple.Kerberos.renew.plist[112]): Exited with exit code: 1
Jun 9 00:07:22 localhost com.hp.messagecenter.launcher[115]: ThrottleProcessIO: throttling disk i/o
Jun 9 00:07:23 localhost XProtectUpdater[20]: Ignoring new signature plist: Not an increase in version
Jun 9 00:07:23 localhost com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.xprotectupdater[20]): Exited with exit code: 252
Jun 9 00:07:32 localhost warmd[21]: [fetcher_open_file:936] open("/var/db/dyld/dyld_shared_cache_x86_64") => -1 (errno: 2)
Jun 9 00:07:35 localhost ntpd[19]: time reset +0.205296 s
Jun 9 00:08:37 localhost [0x0-0x14014].com.google.Chrome[147]: [0609/000837:INFO:breakpad_mac.mm(177)] Breakpad disabled
Jun 9 00:08:43 localhost [0x0-0x14014].com.google.Chrome[147]: [147:-1273409536:105210075659:ERROR:backend_impl.cc(1148)] Critical error found -8
Here is the system.log when the iMac was first sought be woken up from sleep:
Jun 8 07:21:47 Manoj-Satis-iMac loginwindow[30]: no spins reported for this wake
Jun 8 07:22:46 Manoj-Satis-iMac loginwindow[30]: loginwindow SleepWakeCallback WILL sleep
Jun 8 07:22:54 Manoj-Satis-iMac loginwindow[30]: loginwindow SleepWakeCallback will power on, Currenttime:6/8/2012 7:22:54.006 AM - Waketime:6/8/2012 7:22:53.330 AM = Deltatime:0.676087976
Jun 8 07:22:54 Manoj-Satis-iMac applepushserviced[125]: <APSCourier: 0x106741520>: Stream error occurred for <APSTCPStream: 0x107315250>: Error Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=57 UserInfo=0x107539b80 "The operation couldn’t be completed. Socket is not connected"
Jun 8 07:22:54 Manoj-Satis-iMac applepushserviced[125]: <APSCourier: 0x106741520>: Stream error occurred for <APSTCPStream: 0x107529760>: Error Domain=kCFErrorDomainCFNetwork Code=2 UserInfo=0x107318360 "The operation couldn’t be completed. (kCFErrorDomainCFNetwork error 2.)"
Jun 8 07:22:54 Manoj-Satis-iMac configd[13]: bootp_session_transmit: bpf_write(en1) failed: Network is down (50)
Jun 8 07:22:54 Manoj-Satis-iMac configd[13]: DHCP en1: INIT-REBOOT transmit failed
Jun 8 07:22:54 Manoj-Satis-iMac configd[13]: network configuration changed.
Jun 8 07:22:58 Manoj-Satis-iMac mDNSResponder[29]: DeregisterInterface: Frequent transitions for interface en1 (FE80:0000:0000:0000:E6CE:8FFF:FE5D:48C6)
Jun 8 07:22:58 Manoj-Satis-iMac configd[13]: Sleep: Success - AC - Software Sleep
Jun 8 07:22:58 Manoj-Satis-iMac configd[13]: Wake: Success - AC - EHC2
Jun 8 07:22:58 Manoj-Satis-iMac configd[13]: Hibernate Statistics
Jun 8 07:22:58 Manoj-Satis-iMac configd[13]: network configuration changed.
Jun 8 07:23:05 Manoj-Satis-iMac loginwindow[30]: loginwindow SleepWakeCallback WILL sleep
Jun 8 19:20:45 localhost com.apple.launchd[1]: *** launchd[1] has started up. ***
Jun 8 19:20:48 localhost DirectoryService[15]: Improper shutdown detected
Jun 8 19:20:48 localhost blued[17]: Apple Bluetooth daemon started
Jun 8 19:20:55 localhost fseventsd[34]: event logs in /.fseventsd out of sync with volume. destroying old logs. (319516 12 362581)
Jun 8 19:20:55 localhost fseventsd[34]: log dir: /.fseventsd getting new uuid: 42A22C99-8FAD-40F4-AC9A-8DE55586FDCF
Jun 8 19:20:55 localhost bootlog[41]: BOOT_TIME: 1339163443 0
Jun 8 19:20:58 localhost mDNSResponder[29]: mDNSResponder mDNSResponder-258.21 (May 26 2011 14:40:13) starting
Jun 8 19:20:58 localhost com.apple.usbmuxd[22]: usbmuxd-268.5 on Jan 5 2012 at 03:34:01, running 64 bit
Jun 8 19:20:59 localhost configd[13]: Sleep: Success - AC
Jun 8 19:20:59 localhost configd[13]: Wake: Drivers Failure - AC - HDEF SATA
Jun 8 19:21:19 localhost com.apple.launchd[1]: *** launchd[1] has started up. ***
Jun 8 19:21:24 localhost DirectoryService[15]: Improper shutdown detected
Jun 8 19:21:25 localhost blued[17]: Apple Bluetooth daemon started
Jun 8 19:21:26 localhost bootlog[41]: BOOT_TIME: 1339163476 0
Jun 8 19:21:29 localhost mDNSResponder[29]: mDNSResponder mDNSResponder-258.21 (May 26 2011 14:40:13) starting
Jun 8 19:21:30 localhost com.apple.usbmuxd[22]: usbmuxd-268.5 on Jan 5 2012 at 03:34:01, running 64 bit
Jun 8 19:21:56 localhost com.apple.launchd[1]: *** launchd[1] has started up. ***
Jun 8 19:22:01 localhost DirectoryService[15]: Improper shutdown detected
Jun 8 19:22:02 localhost blued[17]: Apple Bluetooth daemon started
Jun 8 19:22:03 localhost bootlog[41]: BOOT_TIME: 1339163515 0
Jun 8 19:22:06 localhost mDNSResponder[29]: mDNSResponder mDNSResponder-258.21 (May 26 2011 14:40:13) starting
Jun 8 19:22:33 localhost com.apple.launchd[1]: *** launchd[1] has started up. ***
Jun 8 19:22:38 localhost DirectoryService[15]: Improper shutdown detected
Jun 8 19:22:39 localhost blued[17]: Apple Bluetooth daemon started
Jun 8 19:22:40 localhost bootlog[41]: BOOT_TIME: 1339163552 0
Jun 8 19:22:43 localhost mDNSResponder[29]: mDNSResponder mDNSResponder-258.21 (May 26 2011 14:40:13) starting
Jun 8 19:22:44 localhost com.apple.usbmuxd[22]: usbmuxd-268.5 on Jan 5 2012 at 03:34:01, running 64 bit
Jun 8 19:23:07 localhost com.apple.launchd[1]: *** launchd[1] has started up. ***
Jun 8 19:23:13 localhost DirectoryService[15]: Improper shutdown detected
Jun 8 19:23:14 localhost blued[17]: Apple Bluetooth daemon started
Jun 8 19:23:15 localhost bootlog[41]: BOOT_TIME: 1339163587 0
Jun 8 19:23:18 localhost mDNSResponder[29]: mDNSResponder mDNSResponder-258.21 (May 26 2011 14:40:13) starting
Jun 8 19:23:19 localhost com.apple.usbmuxd[22]: usbmuxd-268.5 on Jan 5 2012 at 03:34:01, running 64 bit
Jun 8 19:23:46 localhost com.apple.launchd[1]: *** launchd[1] has started up. ***
Jun 8 19:23:51 localhost DirectoryService[15]: Improper shutdown detected
Jun 8 19:23:52 localhost blued[17]: Apple Bluetooth daemon started
Jun 8 19:23:53 localhost bootlog[41]: BOOT_TIME: 1339163625 0
Jun 8 19:23:54 localhost fseventsd[34]: event logs in /.fseventsd out of sync with volume. destroying old logs. (147 9 179)
Jun 8 19:23:54 localhost fseventsd[34]: log dir: /.fseventsd getting new uuid: 09B8A63F-56EF-4D9A-9E5C-A6D27EFCD26C
Jun 8 19:23:56 localhost mDNSResponder[29]: mDNSResponder mDNSResponder-258.21 (May 26 2011 14:40:13) starting
Jun 8 19:25:04 localhost com.apple.kextd[9]: Safe boot mode detected; invalidating system extensions caches.
Jun 8 19:24:28 localhost com.apple.launchd[1]: *** launchd[1] has started up. ***

Intel iMac - won't start - grey screen & progress bar

I have a 2006 Intel iMac - 20" model, Intel Core Duo, 2GHz, 2GB RAM, 250GB HDD, etc. It was one of the very earliest Intel iMacs. Kept updated, running OS 10.6, etc.
It has worked extremely well for over 5 years - apart from the Superdrive being temperamental sometimes - but has suddenly gone wrong.
Last week the machine completely froze for no apparent reason. I had to force a reboot. This failed - grey screen and the grey spinning wheel (if that's what it's called), indefinitely.
Forced reboot again and this time held down the shift key to go into safe boot mode. This time it was successful, and I was able to get to the logon screen & log myself in. I opened Disk Utility & attempted to do some diagnostics but the machine froze again.
Looking around various other forum postings...I rebooted the machine in single user mode and was able to get to the command line to type 'fsck -fy' to attempt to fix disk problems. This failed repeatedly, with an error message 'invalid node structure'.
I tried to boot my machine from the OS X disc but my Superdrive refused to play ball - it would not read the disc (or any other disc for that matter, including a copy of DiskWarrior that I have).
I have now got hold of an external DVD drive in the hope that this would show up as a boot device when I switch the machine on while holding the option key down. No such luck - the drive powers up ok (power via USB) but I'm not given the option to boot from it - in fact that screen doesn't appear at all.
All that happens now on powering up - regardless of what I do - is the grey apple symbol appears and a progress bar beneath it. The progress bar gets stuck about 5% of the way along, and then after about 10 minutes it disappears and is replaced with the grey spinning wheel thingy. And then it just gets stuck - nothing else happens.
HELP!
All my important data is backed up on an external drive via Time Machine, so that should be safe, but I'm desperate to get the machine running again.
One thing that occurred to me is that I've had a program called ReFit installed on the machine which allowed me to run the machine as dual boot etc. (and I do have a couple of other small partitions on the drive, not currently used) but the ReFit welcome screen stopped appearing a couple of weeks ago for some reason. I'm wondering if this has somehow messed things up...?
Grateful for any suggestions...
Thanks,
Alan.

For the drive, you should be OK with any SATA 2 at 3 MB/s transfer speed. You could also use a SATA 1, no jumpers needed. (Not SATA 3 - can't be jumpered down.) The early 2006 Intels were 1.5 MB/s -- at least the drives were, so I'm assuming the SATA controller on the logic board was also. Might just be SATA 2 hadn't yet been introduced and can run the faster SATA 3 without jumpers. My guess is not. You should be able to set jumpers on the drive for backwards compatibility. You'll have to contact the drive manufacturer or go to their website for that info.
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/imac/stats/imac-core-2-duo-2.16-20-inch-sp ecs.html
As for the superdrive, I'd contact the manufacturer to check on compatibility.
Glad I'm able to help. BTW, in case you haven't noticed, maybe you want to have a look here.

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