Slow with Canon 5D files

Okay, I am one of those who thought they could speed it up.
Photoshop straightens in real time for a proxy image - why doesn't Aperture produce a proxy image until you have gotten the darn thing where you want it? It is almost unworkable, even on a MacBook Pro with the Canon 5D files.
Portfolio (along with most other catalogue programs like Bridge) generate thumbnails and show instantaneously after they are generated - why not Aperture? At least in one size. Can it be that hard to make a parallel database for thumbnails?
And where are the vignetting and distortion corrections? Someone should tell Apple people are using zoom lenses nowadays that need corrections in all but perhaps portrait photos.
Don't get me wrong - I love the program and want to see them make lots of money - hence my comments.

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