Initial thoughts on Aperture 2

1. Interface buttons nicely grouped and overall cleaned up
2. Tabs for projects, metadata, adjustments nice, but I cannot see a preference for "my set" of default adjustment tools: will have to look at plist
3. Preferences pane much better
Now the meat and two veg ....
4. Adjustment sliders are very smooth and result in an easier to achieve balance for an image. That said, still have to use <Option> or key in zero to get a slider back to zero.
5. Straighten, with or without crop is utter joy. Granted it should never have been the dog it was under 1.x, but kudos for fixing. Even works pretty fluidly at 100% zoom, though somewhat more hesitant than full screen. Tried 2 up with one image cropped and zoomed and straighten still worked well.
6. RAW v2 looks slightly more saturated with slightly less noise by default vs. 1.1, and the additional sliders are useful. Overall (Canon 20D) 1.1 was a good RAW algorithm, so the differences are more subtle from v2 but welcome. Unsure I'll reprocess many, but the great news is that RAW reprocessing is WAAAAAAAAAAAAAY faster.
7. Recovery and Blackpoint work really well and make H'light/ Shadows somewhat less needful .... so why are they there by default? Again, I really wanted "My Adjustment Tools" preset.
8. No curves. C'mon Aperture team.
9. Lift/stamp of auto-exposure copies the actual values, not the instruction. Still useless therefore as a batch concept.
10. Retouch/patch/clone work pretty fluidly. Some hesitancy on retouch, but not a problem. Good news is that it appears better than CS3 at determining edges and texture, meaning a simple wipe across a complex background doesn't pick up invalid pixels and retains underlying detail. Pretty darn impressive. Also, didn 't notice any slow-down after applying 20 retouches and then trying to straighten (a killer in v1.x). Fabulous!
11. Haven't tried export yet to see whether it's faster or whether it actually outputs the full image (the missing quadrants bug in jpeg's esp). But you can work alongside exports now and responsiveness is v.good.
12. All above working alongside Thumbnail generation (~4,500) and Previews (~4,500). The good news is that they took a back seat to editing and adjustments and no longer compromised performance.
13. Importing and editing images in parallel is amazingly good. Hardly noticed any lag due to disk I/O etc.
So, I couldn't end on 13, could I?
14. Overall it is a very very good first impression. No bug or crash or slowdown, SBOD etc. after 1 hrs use. Impressive.

I would like to add one new entry into this mix. The Intel Clarksfield new i7 series, while not the complete full power of the current i7 chips this new addition to the i7 family will be a mobile processor and it is supposed to be announced on Sept 23 giving laptops a new quad core lease on life.
"Quad core in future laptops
The new mobile platform from Intel code-named Calpella will supposedly be launced on September the 23rd. The Calpella platform is designed for the quad core Clarksfield processors, which feature the Core i7 line-up. The Calpella platform is designed for high-end laptops and will open up for mass uasage of quad core CPUs in mobile computers. For now there will be only 3 Core i7 mobile CPUs:
* Core i7-720QM       1.60 GHz       256 kb L2 cache per core       6 Mb unified L3 cache       45W TDP
* Core i7-820QM       1.73 GHz       256 kb L2 cache       8 Mb unified L3 cache       45W TDP
* Core i7-920XM       2.00 GHz       256 kb L2 cache       8 Mb unified L3 cache       55W TDP
All three CPUs come in 989-pin mPGA packaging and with an integrated dual-channel DDR3 memory controller. They all support HyperThreading so 8 processes can be run simultaniously. Because of the memory controller the Clarksfield CPUs will use a little more power than existing Core 2 Quad mobile CPUs, but overall system power usage is expected to be about the same".
"Taking a performance improvement over existing mobile processors, Intel Core i7 720QM evaluated at $ 364, 820QM - at $ 546 and 920XM - at $ 1054, the source"

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Unable to view pdf created in Live Cycle Designer ES2-initially thought to be a user/OS issue

Unable to view pdf created in Live Cycle Designer ES2. I initially thought this was a user / OS issue when I created a document for someone who is new to a MAC laptop. She could not view the document through email. Unfortunately, I began seeing the same error in my own document folders when searching for another document showing as icons instead of a list. I can open the file without a problem although I see the error she sees only while viewing the icons in my folder. I am using a Windows 7 PC. Now, I also know that if the document is downloaded, it can be viewed.
Other notes:
If trying to access the form via the internet, the same error is seen through Chrome, Firefox, and Mozilla but NOT through IE
Everyone seems to have the latest or a very recent READER
The form is compatible with Reader versions 7 and up
Again, downloading from the internet to the computer appears to allow the file to open properly
Document cannot be viewed on the Galaxy Tab 2 via Chrome or the pre-installed Internet Browser, nor can it be viewed through the Reader after download to tablet. I did not try on an Apple iPad.
All parties involved are up-to-date with virus protection.
Below is a link to the exact message received when trying to open the document.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/wmjqzwyriovg9vi/Adobe%20Error.pdf

You're on to something KJ! Yes the form was created in LiveCycle Designer ES2 which came bundled with my Adobe X Pro. I began creating a new form yesterday and found that I could not preview the form, rendering this same "error" instead. I ran a repair on my Adobe and at first it seemed to fix the issue but after making some changes to the form I tried to preview again and couldn't. Here is what I get when I try to preview my forms in Designer ES2:
When I click the OK button, it then gives me that single static page as mentioned above in previous posts.
I searched Adobe yesterday trying to figure out how I could repair the LiveCycle Designer or if there was some sort of patch that I haven't gotten but was not able to find anything.
(Sorry for the delay in response, I've been on vacation.)
Message was edited by: AngelaC

Unable to view pdf - initially thought to be user / OS issue for new user to MAC.

Unable to view pdf created in Live Cycle Designer ES2. I initially thought this was a user / OS issue when I created a document for someone who is new to a MAC laptop. She could not view the document through email. Unfortunately, I began seeing the same error in my own document folders when searching for another document showing as icons instead of a list. I can open the file without a problem although I see the error she sees only while viewing the icons in my folder. I am using a Windows 7 PC. Now, I also know that if the document is downloaded, it can be viewed.
Other notes:
If trying to access the form via the internet, the same error is seen through Chrome, Firefox, and Mozilla but NOT through IE
Everyone seems to have the latest or a very recent READER
The form is compatible with Reader versions 7 and up
Again, downloading from the internet to the computer appears to allow the file to open properly
Document cannot be viewed on the Galaxy Tab 2 via Chrome or the pre-installed Internet Browser, nor can it be viewed through the Reader after download to tablet. I did not try on an Apple iPad.
All parties involved are up-to-date with virus protection.
Below is a link to the exact message received when trying to open the document.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/wmjqzwyriovg9vi/Adobe%20Error.pdf

Sorry, this is a user to user forum and we're just customers who help out when we can, so things don't always happen right away.
Reader, Regardless of OS or device, is as the name implies, only a Reader. There are different mail settings between Mac Mail Outlook and Thunderbird as well as Andsroid's mail app, whose name escpoaes me.
Have you checked in the Live Cycle Forum? There are people there with FAR more experience using LC developed forms. It's part of my Creative Suite, but I've never even opened it myself.

Maybe premature, but challenging. Initial thoughts?

We all know MPE is in the future sometime. We also know the GTX 285 will be supported. We don't know about the GTX 295.
If you were in the market for a new video card and you see these choices at approximately the same prices:
and consider the difference in clock speeds, while the difference in memory is almost negligent, and consider these differences:
what would be the better performer? A 702 MHz clock with only 240 CUDA cores versus a 576 MHz clock with 480 CUDA cores?
I know it is premature and the details on the new GTX 470/480 still have to come out (March 26-th) but what would be your initial thoughts?
I'm leaning towards the GTX 295, but it is nothing more than a gut feeling.
Dennis, can you give your opinion? (and look at my PM to you).

295 will not be supported as of now. adobe may change thier mind assuming nvidia allows them.
cores would be king....
Scott
ADK

Initial thoughts on Lynnfield versus Bloomfield

Intel has released the next generation Nehalem CPU's.
The first generation, known as Bloomfield, comprises the i7-9xx series of CPU's.
The new generation is known as Lynnfield and comprises the i5 and the i7-8xx series.
So what does that mean for our new editing rig? Should we run out and opt for this new generation, or would we be better off with the established Bloomfield? Here are some initial thoughts.
The Bloomfield platform uses the X58 chipset and a LGA-1366 socket. The Lynnfield uses the P55 chipset and a LGA-1156 socket. That is an important difference, because P55 motherboards are less expensive than X58 motherboards. But, like Johan Cruyff used to say, every advantage has it's disadvantage. Next year we will be seeing the next generation CPU's, based on 32 nm technology, with 6 cores and hyper-threading. A simple BIOS update will allow these new CPU's to be mounted on X58 motherboards. That is not possible with the P55 boards. So, P55 is less expensive but also less future proof. X58 is more expensive but can also support the new 6 core CPU's.
On to the new CPU's.
The difference between the i5 and i7-8xx is hyper-threading. The i5 has no hyper-threading. Apart from clock speed they have the same architecture and the same TDP, 95W. In comparison to Bloomfield there are a number of distinctive differences. The two QPI (Quick Path Interface) links have disappeared. No more triple channel memory, only dual channel DDR3. In its place has come an on-die PCIe controller with 16 lanes. The Bloomfield supports 36 PCIe lanes, but not on-die. This is an important handicap of the Lynnfield archtecture, because it precludes the use of other multilane PCIe cards, other than the video card.
First tests show that the different memory controller does not have any relevant impact, whether triple channel DDR3-8500 on the Bloomfield, or dual channel DDR3-10600 on the Lynnfield is used. However, only the high-end P55 motherboards have 6 DIMM slots to allow 12 GB of RAM, other motherboards often have only 4 DIMM slots and are thus limited to 8 GB.
The new heatsinks still suck, so if you want to get this new CPU, invest in a good CPU cooler.
The Turbo mode has been significantly improved and Windows 7 has been optimized to use it to advantage with core parking. Turbo mode can give a performance increase of more than 10% with applications that are not multi-threaded. CS4 is multithreaded, so the advantage of the turbo mode is probably very small.
Lynnfields uncore is faster than Bloomfields, but the downside is that the on-die PCIe controller limits overclocking at stock voltages. Lynnfield is not good at overclocking, thanks to the PCIe being tied to BCLK, unless you increase vCore.
Intel positions these CPU's as mid level, not high-end and I think they did a good job. The CPU's are good and fast and leave all AMD processors in the dust.
The i5-750 is a great entry level CPU, it is nicely priced and delivers good performance, but lacks hyper-threading.
The i7-860 is on the same performance level as the i7-920, but more expensive, which can be offset by less expensive mobo's, with all their limitations. Also not as easily overclocked.
The i7-870 performs between the i7-940 and i7-950, but is easily beaten by an overclocked i7-920 for less than half the price.
All these CPU's do a good job, but the limitations are there as well:
1. Only 16 PCIe lanes
2. Stock voltage overclocking is lacking
3. No support for 6-core Gulftown CPU's
The major improvement with Lynnfield is the Turbo mode. That makes it even more difficult to choose Bloomfield or Lynnfield, because the Gulftown successor will undoubtedly improve on that even more and choosing Lynnfield now requires a new mobo and a Gulftown if you want to go the 6-core route.

I would like to add one new entry into this mix. The Intel Clarksfield new i7 series, while not the complete full power of the current i7 chips this new addition to the i7 family will be a mobile processor and it is supposed to be announced on Sept 23 giving laptops a new quad core lease on life.
"Quad core in future laptops
The new mobile platform from Intel code-named Calpella will supposedly be launced on September the 23rd. The Calpella platform is designed for the quad core Clarksfield processors, which feature the Core i7 line-up. The Calpella platform is designed for high-end laptops and will open up for mass uasage of quad core CPUs in mobile computers. For now there will be only 3 Core i7 mobile CPUs:
* Core i7-720QM       1.60 GHz       256 kb L2 cache per core       6 Mb unified L3 cache       45W TDP
* Core i7-820QM       1.73 GHz       256 kb L2 cache       8 Mb unified L3 cache       45W TDP
* Core i7-920XM       2.00 GHz       256 kb L2 cache       8 Mb unified L3 cache       55W TDP
All three CPUs come in 989-pin mPGA packaging and with an integrated dual-channel DDR3 memory controller. They all support HyperThreading so 8 processes can be run simultaniously. Because of the memory controller the Clarksfield CPUs will use a little more power than existing Core 2 Quad mobile CPUs, but overall system power usage is expected to be about the same".
"Taking a performance improvement over existing mobile processors, Intel Core i7 720QM evaluated at $ 364, 820QM - at $ 546 and 920XM - at $ 1054, the source"

Library freezes at same spot in initial conversion from Aperture 2

I have a large Aperture 2 library-605 GB- The initial conversion proceeds smoothly until it gets to 5% completion, writing files and folders and freezes at 397,866 to go. No action for 9 plus hours? Is the program still working? Does it just need more time? Help.

Let it run, it can take a loooong tme.

Initial thoughts on Jdev 10.1.3 3673 build

Much better guys...
Lets be honest 10.1.12 was only going to convince someone who has been locked in a room on a very remote island, and been exposed to nothing but Oracle technologies, that Oracle was serious... but I actually quite like this...
A little bit about my background:
Up to very recently I was a IT contractor based in the UK who in recent years has worked with IBM RSA (Eclipse 3 based), stand-alone Eclipse, NetBeans and IntelliJ (which is still by far the best Jave IDE but unfortunately few companies like paying for IDE's these days....). As a contractor I am sure most of you can imagine that although I am not the one who has signed the cheques, I have often been the one who has made the decision on which technology a lot of companies have adopted. (God I am exposing myself to a lot of abuse here!!). I've now "joined the enemy" and gone permie.
I am pretty new to JDeveloper, although I have toyed around with it in the past; I have usually got so infuriated by its pi$$ poor integration with external tools such as Ant and CVS, and incredibly annoying bugs that I have dismissed it out of hand. However, it is pleasing to see that a lot of the integration issues have been addressed in this issue, and someone in Oracle has finally realised that Java developers refactor Java classes and packages frequently (especially in the early stages of a development), and we would prefer it if doing so did not completely bollox up the project files... Infact - how about actually doing what it says on the tin??
Well, this version almost does... It still has bugs refactoring models at package level, and I am not completely comfortable with the CVS integration, although it is certainly as good as RSA.
The benefits to JDeveloper - the ADF BC integration is really good when you get used to it... Oracle should focus on this and help with integrating with it - especially with ADF rich client development, and stop pretending that vendor neutral houses writing thin client web apps might adopt it... Look, we are using Oracle DB, we want Oracle ADF BC, so tell us how to use it efficiently with online help. I have masses of web development experience, and I know how to do that... What I want to do is write a rich ADF JClient/ Swing app with Jdeveloper - Infact, I have got quite a way into doing it now, with not much thanks to the in built help!
And how about releasing the Dockable window manager you guys use for JDeveloper?? I am currently using JIDE as a dockable window manager, and I would like some alternatives. Obviously I am aware that a lot of the development world is using Eclipse/ SWT for this, and I don't like it per se, but I can live with its annoyances.
And why have you shipped JDeveoper with JGoodies 1.0.4 when 1.0.5 has been out for ages? (ndeed 1.0.6 is out on the same day as production JDeveloper, but I would n't expect you to have that. ;-))
I hope this post stimulates some thought and interesting comments.
Cheers......Dean

Dave,
These are some of the things I have noticed about the CVS integration with that are a bit "unusual".
1) Importing a module - It did not successfully check out the module afterwards... Yet I quit JDeveloper (10.1.3), and then go back in and I could then check out the module.
2) The update facilty does not always seem to "update" the repository if a file has been recently checked in? However, if I click on the CVS Navigator and expand my repository, and then back to the Application view it then seems to have refreshed my view of CVS, and it will then work. I wondered if this was caused by conflicts with my project files, as JDeveloper does have the nastly habit of updating them frequently... However, 2 other developers have also noticed this, and we have now switched back to updating whole mobules using Tortoise as it just seems more reliable.
How often does it pole the CVS server??
On the plus side- I like the revision comparison tab panel. ;-) It is better than most IDE inbuilt CVS diff tools I have seen - not as good as Beyond Compare though.
About my CVS configuration :-
Server is on Windows 2003, using CVSNT (latest version - 2.5.03 I think I installed).
Client - I changed my CVS executable to be the one shipped with Tortoise CVS, as I have it installed, and I wanted the ability to view my repository from the CVS navigator (I don't think the one shipped with Oracle 10g lets you do this). Client version is 2.5.02 I think... I would have to check that as I writing this from home.
Oh, and I have a CVSROOT environment viarable set, which lets JDev setup my CVS connection automatically.
I hope this info helps.
Cheers.....Dean

X201 - Initial Thoughts

My x201 just arrived this afternoon - patience to all those still waiting for their machines to clear the Louisville depot, it'll be worth it!
A handful of initial reactions:
Hooray for minimal packaging!! - Since this thing already has a hefty Carbon Footprint associated with the shipping, its nice to see Lenovo pair down any extras. Just the box, cable, and one plastic bag with the manual (only about 20 pages) - oh yeah, and the computer.
The machine is really light (6cell config) - my point of reference is a 9cell x60 tablet (about 4.7lbs) so dropping down to 3lbs is nice.
Its a touch wider than the x60, but more narrow by at least an inch or two. Thickness is right around 1" - pretty much the same as the x60.
Mine's configurated with the SSD, so its as silent as can be - I heard the CPU fan throttle (barely audible) just once in the last half dozen startups.
Comes plastered with 5 (quickly removed) badges for everything: Energy Star, Win7, Intel i7, Verizon, and Lenovo. A sharp knife or Xacto blade will get rid of them easily.
The latch to open the lid is a little more quirky than what I'm used to on the x60 - that one just slid right open, on the x201, it sticks just a little bit. Same goes for the physical WiFi switch on the left side. Its just a little bit harder to push into place than the one I'm used to.
The one USB-slot being yellow is just a Thinkpad design feature, like the power plug right? I didn't bother firing up PC Wizard yet, but I'm pretty sure that there's no USB 3.0 support on this thing.
Setting up Windows was easy. Once past that, then the real work began. This thing is *loaded* with bloatware. Verizon WWAN, Office trial, antivirus trial, a lot of Lenovo software (some of it is useful and I kept! but most was unnecessary) - I spent about 15 minutes going through a couple dozen entries on the Remove Programs screen just trimming the waste. This is my only major disappointment so far - with as much crap as manufacturers are getting for loading their machines with crap, its a wonder that they continue to do so. Heck, doesn't Lenovo offer a machine pre-installed with Linux (one of the Ubuntu variants?)
Looks like there is a Lenovo parition of about 10GB (only 3 used) - I'll be getting rid of that pretty soon.
Having both the Trackpad and Trackpoint is nice - but I'm so used to the Trackpoint that I haven't really used the Trackpad much yet.
The integrated Intel HD graphics that come on the i7 (and i5?) chips looks like it'll hold up just fine. Hulu at full screen with absolutely no hiccups.
Haven't checked the RAM on this machine to see if its EPP-ready. Will get around to it eventually.
If anyone has questions, I'm happy to try to answer.

OK, so you should be pleased with the results.
I switched back to the Intel Controller that the computer came loaded with and TRIM is enabled (when I ran the test from the Command Prompt, I got a "0")
In case you're curious its the: "Intel 5 Series 6 Port SATA AHCI Controller"
As for the R/W times, there's really not too much difference between the the Intel and the standard Win 7 driver.
I'd post the images, but too lazy to go find some place to host them.
This is all running CrystalDiskMark 2.2, BTW:
Win 7 Driver:
5 Tests / 50MB
Seq R: 182.9
Seq W: 178.3
512 R: 155.4
512 W: 134.2
4k R: 15.56
4k W: 7.4
Intel Driver:
5 Tests / 50MB
Seq R: 175.5
Seq W: 175.6
512 R: 144.3
512 W: 136.5
4k R: 13.95
4k W: 6.7
As for the Firmware upgrade for the Drive, I'm not sure that the particular FW upgrade is applicable to this drive.
I just ran PC Wizard for the specs and here's what the Drive is:
Model : SAMSUNG MMCRE28G8MXP-0VBL1
Revision (Firmware) : VBM1EL1Q
The PDF at the Firmware page lists a different Revision number altogether.

A2107A initial thoughts and questions

I bought one of these on Christmas Eve and I'm generally impressed. Debated between the Lenovo and another Kindle Fire, but chose Lenovo for the sdcard option and the mostly vanilla Android OS.
Some issues, though set to USA spell check is not working correctly. RAM is totally off, it clogs up and basically must be rebooted to play video or anything else. Video is messed up on hulu plus, voice out of sync with picture. This think badly needs firmware/Jelly Bean update.
Questions: can I use a male micro USB cord to female USB cord to connect a USB stick to this to transfer files, play video? Is that button thing under the camera lens cover--southwest from the camera lens--a reset button? If so, why isn't it mentioned in documentation anywhere?
Overall I like this tablet for the price but feel Lenovo needs to fix some bugs asap, expected a bit more for a Lenovo product.
Solved!
Go to Solution.

I purchased this for $149.99 CAD at Best Buy here in Canada a couple of weeks ago.
I could not find any Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 Tablets, they had been selling for the same price, they had sold out. Probably a bait and switch scam.
The Lenovo is a nice tablet, it work well and it is shy of memory.
I did the update/upgrade download of Android and then every time I booted it was upgrading and optimizing all the apps I had installed. Apparently, this is an artifact of Android 4.0.3.
I have been desperately trying to get a development environment set up to create an app, so I needed to get an ADB USB driver installed, on my Windows 7 64 bit system, I used the following driver,
<http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/downloads/detail.page?DocID=DS022366>
and modified the android_winusb.inf file by adding two entries for the A2107A-F,
[Google.NTx86]
;Lenovo A2107A-F
%SingleAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_17EF&PID_7435&MI_01
[Google.NTamd64]
;Lenovo A2107A-F
%SingleAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_17EF&PID_7435&MI_01
This works now and I created and ap with Eclipse and ran it on the A2107A-F tablet.
I was also able to make the LeTools (Syncrhoization Software) work with the tablet as well.
<http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/downloads/detail.page?&LegacyDocID=5004>
Lenovo Product staff have dropped the ball on this product. They did not get all the requisite pieces in place before putting this to market. Maybe the product team was too small, maybe the product team did not have some experienced mentors guding them. Lenovo has to do better, they should have had a specific website set up for this product with all the requisite pieces in place and everything nicely laid out. I spent time at various Chinese Lenovo websites and the file download links pointed to mega-download non-lenovo websites that had all expired. I was expecting a much better experience from Lenovo than this.
For otthers that wish to develop apps for Android, a good strarting point to guide you in acquiring and installing all the tools, check out PhoneGap.
All the best.

Initial thoughts

I've only spent a few hours in LR4. At this point. I am pleased. At first look I didn't see much difference - beyond the obvious Map, Book and other tweaks. Once I started using the develop module, I was amazed at the power of LR4. It is a little daunting at first. I have to make smaller moves to make the same changes, but once I got used to that, I was impressed at how quickly I could "fix" challenging shots (the other flash didn't fire, shooting too fast and very poorly underexposed).
I look forward to the final version. Next, my wish list... in a different post.

And give it a few weeks. You'll be so in love your friends will have to make an appointment to see you.
I love my Mac Pro. Absolutely loveit!
Tim...

Initial Thoughts After Installation

I am just trying to guage what most users who administer previous OSX Server think of this new server OS. I'm a bit lost and it's missing a bunch of features, I prepped my Macpro over to a SSD raid for the new Mtn Lion Server and kinda was hoping I would see the same configuable options but at this point coming out of the gate, I'm a bit disappointed.
Wondering what most are thinking, I proably need to poke around and learn more before judging it.

I never managed to have lion server working properly outside file sharing. I found OS X server easier in particular for the certificate.
have a look to my post:
TIPS: OS X server installation lessons learnt (for non Guru)

Hts723232l9sa60 Hitachi 7200rpm 3260gb hdd) on t500 initial thoughts

I wanted to offer praise for the t500 and it's upgradeability. I just put a 7200 rpm drive in (stock 160gb 5400 rpm). It has been running for the better part of 3 hours and everything is perfect.
Good notes:
WIndows index rating of drive went to 5.9 from 5.3-5.4
It has stayed very quiet
And stayed cool All under normal loads
Misgivings:
The storage space amount
All in all I know I know most people shouldn't see much heat or noise with an upgrade like that, but my experiance in the notebook realm has been that even a subtle change can cause unwanted heat or noise. It is an upgrade worth making
if no others are presented. I can only imagine what the change to ssd will be like.

I wanted to offer praise for the t500 and it's upgradeability. I just put a 7200 rpm drive in (stock 160gb 5400 rpm). It has been running for the better part of 3 hours and everything is perfect.
Good notes:
WIndows index rating of drive went to 5.9 from 5.3-5.4
It has stayed very quiet
And stayed cool All under normal loads
Misgivings:
The storage space amount
All in all I know I know most people shouldn't see much heat or noise with an upgrade like that, but my experiance in the notebook realm has been that even a subtle change can cause unwanted heat or noise. It is an upgrade worth making
if no others are presented. I can only imagine what the change to ssd will be like.

First Mac... and my initial thoughts.

I'm 27 and getting a late start on school. Specifically for graphic design. About two years ago I realized I needed to be working on a Mac, and last Friday I finally got one!
I decided on the MacBook Pro after considering the fact that I'd be taking it to and from school, and because I really just wanted a notebook. I even bought a refurb MBP with the Core Duo, but returned it because I decided on the Core 2 Duo.
Anyway... so far I couldn't be happier. Moving all the stuff over from my PC was a breeze. There wasn't that much stuff so it didn't take long. I am very surprised at how easy it is to learn the OS and get a feel for it. I bought an Airport Express to use and was thrilled with how easy it was to set up the wireless network. The "just works" phrase is right on so far.
My wife who was a little upset about the price tag forgot all about the money aspect of it when I showed her the book I made in iPhoto of our daughters 3rd birthday. When she realized she wouldn't have to scrapbook any more she decided the Mac was a keeper.
The only test (for me) that remains is installing Adobe CS2. I called Adobe and was surprised when they offered to trade my PC version for the mac version for only $159. Plus it's an upgrade to the full retail version 2.3 instead of my educational version. But I've heard and read about problems installing it on MBP's so I hope I do not run into any of that. I'm also hoping that running it through Rosetta is not that bothersome.
But anyway, I just wanted to post a positive experience here for others to read. So far I'm glad to have joined the club!

My MacBook Pro has the entire creative suite installed on it. There were really no problems. However, please keep in mind that Photoshop CS2 and other adobe applications will be slower on the MacBook Pro and any Mac that has an Intel chip than the ones that have a PowerPC processor. This is because Adobe has not yet made a universal creative suite for the mac. This will happen in time, but things may not work correctly.
MacBook Pro, iMac G5, iMac G3 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Is there a basic organizational unit in Aperture?

I know this is an embarrassingly newbie kind of question, but I imported my iPhoto library to Aperture over a year ago and I feel less organized than I was in iPhoto. I have 2 big folders filled with what looks like a combination of "Project" icons and "Album" icons that seem to duplicate each other. I would really like to get in an reorganize everything, but I'm not clear about what I can and cannot delete. I don't want to delete the master images.
For you guys who really use this as it was intended, what would a well organized library look like and how do I get it there without deleting the wrong things. I know there are books on this and I have read three of them, but I still don't get this basic question.
Thanks for any help or advice.

I'm a newcomer to Aperture, so I'm no expert. But for one thing, I used Derrick's Story advise: I did not import my whole iPhoto library into Aperture with the default Aperture method. I am presently importing my iPhoto library album per album, and as I learn more about the Aperture way, I'm doing some changes along the way of my initial thought.
So, what I'm trying to do is more like, create a project per event, and I classify projects within blue folders by master category. How that looks like? here is an example:
blue folder: Personal pictures and it contains:
Project Family reunion x
Project Family reunion y
Project My house pictures
etc
And within each projects I can create smart album, books, etc as I want.
I also have a master classification blue folder that have many smarts album in it splited again per category. For exemple, I have a blue folder named "Lens" with smart albums with the EXIF data for each of my lenses in my bag. So if I'm searching an example of a picture I took with my Tokina 11-16 mm, is it easy to find one.
But you have to find the way that best suits your workflow.

Using same Aperture 3 library with different user accounts. Suggestions?

My wife and I share the same iMac but use different user accounts. Currently, I have our photos and Aperture library on a second partition with no ownership, allowing us both to access the library and edit, reorganize, etc (I know we need to be careful not to make changes "simultaneously," so we simply shut one instance down before switching user accounts). The trick is quickly becoming the organizational scheme. My wife thinks (and I agree) that Aperture will be able to free us from having to "give in" to the other's way of thinking when it comes to grouping pictures in projects, etc. The only trick is, we can't figure out how to do it. My initial thought is to figure if one photo can exist in two different projects and then just have "hers" and "his" folders. The other thought would be to create two different libraries, but then I'm not sure how we would keep the two libraries "current" if one uploaded photos and didn't tell the other.
So, those are my two thoughts, but I'm sure there are others. I'm open to any and all suggestions.

1 Quit iTunes.
2 Drag your entire *iTunes folder* from /Username/Music to /Users/Shared.
3 Log out.
1 Log in on your other account(s).
2 Start iTunes and immediately press an hold the Option key.
3 iTunes will ask to *Create new library* or *Choose existing library*. Select *Choose existing library*.
4 Select the *iTunes library file* in the *iTunes folder* in /Users/Shared.
5 Now go to File -> *Add to library* and select the *iTunes music folder* located in /Username/Music.
6 - iTunes will add all the music in from this account to the main iTunes music folder/library.
7 Delete the *iTunes folder* in /Username/Music
8 Restart iTunes normally (don't hold Option). Everything should be there.
9 Quit iTunes and log out of the account.
10 Do the above steps for all users. Don't do the first 1-3 steps. Start at the second series.
Log into your account, start iTunes normally and all music should be there.
Whenever any of you do anything in iTunes, it will be seen by all since you are using one and the same iTunes library file.
Create a "main" playlist for each user with their own music. Create a smart playlist and set it to Playlist is not the playlist you created above. Select this and it will show you everything NOT in your playlist. Do the same for the others. This will help when adding only the music you want your own playlist.
Note that iTunes can only be opened by one user at a time. If you have Fast user switching enabled, the other users must quit iTunes in order for anyone else to use it.

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