Informative review of Aperture 1.1

If the major drop in price of Aperture (from a stiff $499 for Aperture 1.0 to $299 for Aperture 1.1, which was released
earlier this month) has got you thinking about springing for this photo workflow app, take a look at this in-depth review of Aperture 1.1 to get a handle on what's new.

Creative Pro's Ben Long praises Aperture 1.1's badly needed improvements to raw file conversion, touts the new RGB sampler for reading color values in a photo, and evaluates other miscellanous upgrades.
His performance tests don't show much of a speed increase between Aperture 1.1 and 1.0 on a PowerBook G4 or a PowerMac Quad G5, but he did find a speed bump for some functions in Aperture 1.1 on a MacBook Pro. He concludes that, "no matter what kind of Mac you run it on, Aperture 1.1 is a very good upgrade that should set aside a number of Aperture concerns. If you're a photographer who's been considering the application, the new version provides several reasons to pick up a copy and give it a try." 

[via photoshopsupport.com]