Aperture with MBP?  Feedback, does it bog down system?

I am looking for feedback on Apeture with a MBP 2Ghz CD with 1.5g RAM.
I am tempted to purchase it, but am concerned about clogging up my system. I am a professional Photographer who has a large library of work. My experience to date with these types of programs has been fairly poor. Iphoto *****, Lightroom is ok... does this improve. I have read as many reviews as I can, but am looking for first hand feedback.

On an original MBP with only 1gb of ram it is quite trying on my patience sometimes,I would recommend buying as much ram as your machine can take as this seems to be the most influencing factor.My experience is that aperture is generaly not too bad,but don't try to use any other app at the same time!I believe this is due to Aperture hogging all the ram.
Try the trial,don't let it store your files in the aperture library,don't allow automatic preview building or at least keep preview size to a minimum (it will still generate thumbnails in any case).I fare better when Aperture is the only app running,I find that even after quitting A that any apps that were open simultaeneously seem to take a while to recover their normal speed,opening them fresh after quitting A seems to produce better results in terms of responsivness.

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