How Aperture plays with iPhoto

Could someone tell me how Aperture and iPhoto play together? I shoot with a Nikon D200 use Photoshop for editing and iPhoto for cataloging.
Having watched some of the Aperture videos it looks as if Aperture may be a better choice for me than Photoshop and from the screen shots it almost seems as if it kind of replaces iPhoto. Is this the case? If you edit in Aperture does it also act as your photo catalog or would I still be using iPhoto? If you use Aperture for editing can it save the edited photos in Aperture?
Thanks,
Ben
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Agree with the above post, You'll use PS less.
When both are installed (aperture 2.x and photoshop) go in Aperture > Preferences > Export> then set the external editor to Photoshop. Then on the 'rare' occasion you need to do something aperture won't do, just click image, edit image with > photoshop and when done click save and it saves as a new version. Nice integration!.
Just my 2 cents but I am really liking this setup.
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