Photo editing in iPhoto 5.0.4

I have been using iPhoto 5 for two years now. It seems very limited as to what it can do for photo editing. Is there a software package that can be used on the Mac, such as Adobe Photo Deluxe? I have been trying for the last two years to put a name or names on an actual photo, and seem to be unable to do that with iPhoto. I am running an iMac 1.8 GHZ with 512 MB SDRAM. OS X 10.4.9. I have seen Aperture but, from it's description, it looks like I would need a more powerful Mac to use it. Am I wrong in believing it wouldn't work with my system? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Kaye

I can agree totally with PhillyPhan re: Photoshop Elements 4.0 for a Mac. It probably retails for @ $70 and well worth it.
Adobe Photo Deluxe is a Windows software so you can't use it on your Mac. Aperture is like killing mosquitos with a sledge hammer, you really don't need this and you would also need additional RAM to run it properly.
With all that said, you should be able to rename your photos in iPhoto. You can open a Photo, to at the source list (bottom), click on info button, highlight name and change the name this way...
Rick
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