so yeah, how can i make aperture 3 not painfully slow? with the caveat that i don’t want to spend money on hardware upgrades etc (and afaik the CPU/GPU in my 1st gen 24" iMac isn't upgradeable anyway) ...

Aperture 3 does jump well ahead for high-noise images from what I’ve seen, but the competition has edged it out in the cleaner images. It’s always a battle between quality and speed here, but I can’t ...

Apple has introduced Aperture 3, the next major release of its photo editing and management software, with over 200 new features. Also, the upgrade builds on the Faces and Places features introduced ...