New Macbooks and Aperture

I'm aware the subject of the suitability of Macbooks for running Aperture has been discussed before in this forum but I haven't come across any detailed descriptions of how well Aperture actually runs on them.
I currently have a 2 Ghz G5 with 3.5 Gb of ram and a 9600XT ATI video card and I find Aperture is usable but movement of the adjustment sliders for brightness, sharpness etc can be jerky and the spinning beach ball all too often makes an appearance.
So I'd be grateful if someone with experience of using Aperture on a reasonably recent Macbook can let me know if the adjustments work smoothly and quickly without the problems I've been experiencing with the G5. I'm not looking to replace the G5 with a Macbook but rather I'm after a portable Mac I can use out in the field and also at digital photography workshops that I participate in. In regard to the latter, I've been asked by the Photographic Society of Queensland (PSQ), Australia to give a couple of workshops and a presentation about photo imaging on the Mac and one of the programmes I'll be demonstrating is Aperture. This is something of a breakthrough for Mac users who belong to the PSQ as in the past we've been looked upon as something of an oddity by the PC users who are in the overwhelming majority. However, PSQ is aware of how the Mac is becoming more popular and so has given me the opportunity to demonstrate it and software, like Aperture, that is exclusive to it. Consequently, I want to make a good impression and hopfully the latest Macbooks are capable of doing that.
Cheers, John
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I'm using Aperture with a black Macbook (core2duo), purchased about 3 months ago. After comparing Lightroom and Aperture, I actually purchased Lightroom because it performed SO much better on the Macbook. However, I'm a "hard core" apple user for more than 2 decades, and there are things about Aperture that simply brought me back, so I'm giving it another chance.
It is NOT a smooth experience on the Macbook. As has been well documented, performance lags. HOWEVER, it does work-- just requires a bit more patience. I think I am probably going to end up staying with Aperture, hoping that v2.0 helps performance some (yes, I know it may not since the graphics card (or lack thereof) is limiting factor. Maybe I'll upgrade to a MacbookPro in a year, but I really want the smaller (13") mac for portability (most of the time, I use my Macbook hooked up to a 20" cinema display at home).
It's really a personal choice. What I'd say is you really need to see how it works *for you* on a Macbook. I'd imagine that for most "professional" photographers (I'm not), or those who are doing lots of work with Aperture, the Macbook could get frustrating. But the interface is so.... apple. Hope that helps!
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