Full Version of Aperture

I noticed that there is a huge price difference between the boxed version of Aperture at the Apple Store and the Download version at the Mac App Store.  Is there any difference in the programs?  Is the boxed version a fuller version?
Thanks,
-Nancy

If you bought from the AppStore, you can install it on up to 5 Macs you own, provided it is for personal use. Just download again from the App Store on your other machines, using exactly the same apple id as you used when you bought it originally.
If there is an older Aperture version on that Mac you need to deinstall it first, or at least remove it from the Applications folder.

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