Will building the preview images kill Aperture performance?

So Aperture 1.5 will have the option to continually generate JPG preview images. This is how it gets the new "drag and drop iPhoto like ability" because when you do a drag out of Aperture to another app or desktop you are merely copying a file and not rendering a JPG file on the fly...
I cannot imagine what this will do to performance to have preview images being constantly generated in the background.. Everytime you make an adjustment to a version, the machine will be taxed with generating a JPG based on your preferences, almost like doing an export after each adjustment..
I am basing this on how much work it takes Aperture 1.1.2 to export images...

Preview-building won't get in your way, as it is designed to happen in the background, only when you are not directly interacting with the application. The moment your actions require CPU cycles, automatic preview-creation is temporarily paused and then restarts again when you're not working on images.
In addition, you have control over when and how previews are made. You can turn off automatic preview creation and then generate the previews on demand for only specific projects, or only for selected images. (For example, create previews only for your selects, not for the alternates or rejects in stacks).
If you need previews of certain images immediately, you can choose a command to generate the previews; this action becomes a high-priority request and is moved to the front of the queue so that the previews are made right away.
Joe Schorr
Sr. Product Manager, Aperture
Apple

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Jason
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