Importing iPhoto '09 library (8.1.2) into Aperture

I have two older macbooks (purchased in mid-2007 and mid-2009) running 10.6.8 Snow Leopard, and I have recently purchased a new iMac. I was told at the Mac store that I would be able to import my old iPhoto libraries into my new iMac if I purchased Aperture, which I just did (I wanted to merge the libraries, and not manage them separately in iPhoto). However, when I go to import the library in aperture, it tells me I can't, and that I need to upgrade the old library to iPhoto version 9.4 before it will let me import. This would require me to upgrade these older macbooks to Lion or Mountain Lion, which I don't want to do becuase I wasn't planning on using them much anymore (and the 2007 one probably couldn't handle it). So my question is - how can I get my pictures from iPhoto 8.1.2/iPhoto '09 into the latest version of Aperture? I mainly want to make sure I can transfer over my events/organization and ratings/tags on the photos. Each of these older libraries has about 10k pictures in them, and I'm trying to preserve the organzing work I've done on them over the years. Any suggestions?

Here's the thing: With iPhoto 9.4 and Aperture 3 you can use the same Library for both apps - there's no importing, just opening.
On your new iMac you will also have iPhoto 9.4 (or later), if you don't, run softwatre update.
So: Copy the Libraries from the older machines to the new iMac. Open them with iPhoto on it - that will upgrade the Libraries, and then open them in Aperture. Then you can merge them.
To move the Libraries from an older machine:
To move an iPhoto Library to a new machine:
1. Rename the Libraries on the old machines - iPhoto Library 1 and iPhoto Library 2. This will prevent them from overwriting each other when you move them to the new machine.
Link the two Macs together: there are several ways to do this: Wireless Network,Firewire Target Disk Mode, Ethernet, or even just copy the Library to an external HD and then on to the new machine...
But however you do choose to link the two machines...
Simply copy the iPhoto Library from the Pictures Folder on the old Machine to the Pictures Folder on the new Machine.
Then launch iPhoto. That's it.
This moves photos, events, albums, books, keywords, slideshows and everything else.

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