Is Aperture 3 faster than 2?

Hey Guys,
I've had Aperture 2, for about 10 months now.
Its starting to get pretty sluggish, especially when using the retouch tools, or exporting to photoshop.
I run on a 27" imac with about 400 gb of free space. Bought around the same time.
By sluggish, the sliders get a little 'sticky' and the images take a while to load. Not a problem for the odd shot, but its now beginning to slow down my work flow considerably on larger editing projects (100-200 images).
Question: Is Aperture 3 an improvement on 2 in terms of speed? (I'm not interested in face and gps features).
I've just downloaded Lightroom 3 free trial and at the moment am very impressed by the features and speed. I've not worked with a big library yet, so can't compare organisation yet, which I gather is its biggest drawback compared to Aperture.
Thanks for your help, thoughts greatly appreciated.
Rich

Richard1979 wrote:
Question: Is Aperture 3 an improvement on 2 in terms of speed? (I'm not interested in face and gps features).
Yes, when v3 is fully upgraded.
Also max out the RAM on your box.
HTH
-Allen Wicks

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