Imac G5 compatability?

I have a one year old imac G5 that has the gforce 5200 card in it that is not supported for aperture. I read that the new update fixed that but when I talked to Apple the other day for something unrelated he said that it was still an issue. Does anyone know what is going on? Is it is supported or not? And if it is, how do I install it when the machine kicks the disk out saying it is not supported? Thank you all for any support you can give and have a nice day. Jeff

Personally I have a lot of trouble whith the term "supported," since many "supported" boxes preety much suck for use with Aperture. Only Apple can answer relative to "supported," whatever that means. Some unsupported boxes have been made to run Aperture and many supported boxes are virtually unusable.
However I will strongly opine that Apple is a heavy pro graphics app that demands pro hardware and RAM. Even if you can get it to run on a G5 iMac w/5200 it will be extremely limited. IMO use Lightroom until you can get a MacIntel computer, preferably a pro box (maxxed out MacBook Pro or a Mac Pro).
That said, at least one person has said "runs ok on my iMac." But scores of folks with boxes stronger than a G5 iMac with 5200 card (e.g. G5 Quad owners with 6200 card) have said Aperture performance is totally unacceptable.
-Allen Wicks

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