Confused new user: ACR - PS CSS standard - bridge - aperture

I am a mac user, latest OS Lion, and use aperture 3.0 - I only use this for photography and a friend convinced me to use PS for high level retouching.
I watched a few presentation and was convinced, I ordered Photoshop CSS 5.5 standard version (not extended) and I am waiting for it. Purchase processing will take another 2 weeks
I downloaded the trial for PS, but it is the extended version, not sure what I will not be able to do
also watched a few training movies and presentation material and they all refer to Camera Raw which seems to be a separate application.
There is also bridge and mini bridge (?) included but is it only in extended trial and will I get it in my standard PS CSS 5.5
I would like to keep using aperture for my workflow and storage.
Do I need to purchase camera raw or is it included in my PS standard?
or do I perform the functions of CR in Aperture?? There seem to be a number of basic functions with curves etc... which I believe can be done in aperture but then are my files compatible to send to PS?
I think I will use the Edit with external editor in Aperture
Is anyone familiar with this? advise?
thanks a lot for your help
bernard

Jeffrey Tranberry wrote:
…With Lightroom, you can open the raw file as a Smart Object which keeps the original raw file and settings in PSD file for additional editing…
Yikes, Jeffrey! One can do exactly that directly from Adobe Camera Raw hosted by either Photoshop or Bridge too!
One doesn't need "no stkinkin' Lightroom" for that.
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Bernard,
There is nothing, absolutely nothing you can do in Lightroom or in Aperture that you cannot do to an image file in Photoshop and ACR.
Lightroom is great for a professional fashion photographer who has to process 500 very similar images from a studio shoot, but again, there is nothing, absolutely nothing you can do in Lightroom or in Aperture that you cannot do to a single image file in Photoshop and ACR.
Wo Tai Lao Le
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