Comments on: Aperture 3 First Impressions http://ishotalot.com/2010/02/aperture-3-first-impressions/ The process of capturing moments Tue, 17 Apr 2012 03:41:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: James http://ishotalot.com/2010/02/aperture-3-first-impressions/comment-page-1/#comment-4702 James Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:36:37 +0000 http://ishotalot.com/?p=252#comment-4702 Yes, you are excused. FCS is a 32-bit application, thus it can't use more then 4gigs of RAM. Running a 10 Gig setup for video editing would be like dumping a gallon of water into a teacup - there's just no point. Since this is a home system and not my work system, I haven't had any need to jack up my RAM and install a Kona, but 2 gigs of RAM will edit compressed HD just fine. Not sure why you decided to go on a tangent that has nothing to do with Aperture...but again, you're excused. To the point of the post, would Aperture 3 run better with more RAM? Possibly. I do intend to install more ram eventually, but this system keeps up quite well as is. Aperture 2 ran fine in this setup. Lightroom Beta runs fine in this setup. Aperture 3? Junk. Feel free to make your own decisions, but my opinion is that this software release was completely borked on delivery. Yes, you are excused.

FCS is a 32-bit application, thus it can’t use more then 4gigs of RAM. Running a 10 Gig setup for video editing would be like dumping a gallon of water into a teacup – there’s just no point. Since this is a home system and not my work system, I haven’t had any need to jack up my RAM and install a Kona, but 2 gigs of RAM will edit compressed HD just fine. Not sure why you decided to go on a tangent that has nothing to do with Aperture…but again, you’re excused.

To the point of the post, would Aperture 3 run better with more RAM? Possibly. I do intend to install more ram eventually, but this system keeps up quite well as is.

Aperture 2 ran fine in this setup. Lightroom Beta runs fine in this setup.

Aperture 3? Junk. Feel free to make your own decisions, but my opinion is that this software release was completely borked on delivery.

]]> By: Jonas Eriksson http://ishotalot.com/2010/02/aperture-3-first-impressions/comment-page-1/#comment-4698 Jonas Eriksson Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:50:53 +0000 http://ishotalot.com/?p=252#comment-4698 " I start this journey with an 8-core Mac Pro tower running Leopard on a 320 GB hard drive with 2 GB of RAM. I also have an external 500 GB firewire drive that I use with Final Cut Studio." Excuse me, but running a Mac Pro 8-core with 2 GB of RAM and one 320GB Drive is bordering on "not very useful". Saying that you use FCP on this setup, you can obviously only be working with SD content. Otherwise you'd be running something along the lines of 10 to 16GB RAM and a SATA-RAID 0 / 5 for scratch/working data disks. You are not going to get any fun out of editing HD movies on your setup, and it's not Apple, your Mac Pro's, or Final Cut Studio's fault!(!!!) So, yes, Aperture claims to be a (very economically priced) PRO application. But it also thrives if it can live in a slightly more "pro" environment than what you are offering it. I am constantly surprised/amused by the number of people who "complain" about a software's performance or supplier's competence and not really have the basics ready to do a test - 2 GB RAM in 2010? In a Mac Pro? Come on. There are RAM slots to be filled and enjoyed my friend. :-) Apologies if you after paragraph 30 or so said you did upgrade to 10 GB and RAID, I just had to comment on your "testing setup" :-) Regards, Jonas ” I start this journey with an 8-core Mac Pro tower running Leopard on a 320 GB hard drive with 2 GB of RAM. I also have an external 500 GB firewire drive that I use with Final Cut Studio.”

Excuse me, but running a Mac Pro 8-core with 2 GB of RAM and one 320GB Drive is bordering on “not very useful”. Saying that you use FCP on this setup, you can obviously only be working with SD content. Otherwise you’d be running something along the lines of 10 to 16GB RAM and a SATA-RAID 0 / 5 for scratch/working data disks. You are not going to get any fun out of editing HD movies on your setup, and it’s not Apple, your Mac Pro’s, or Final Cut Studio’s fault!(!!!)

So, yes, Aperture claims to be a (very economically priced) PRO application. But it also thrives if it can live in a slightly more “pro” environment than what you are offering it. I am constantly surprised/amused by the number of people who “complain” about a software’s performance or supplier’s competence and not really have the basics ready to do a test – 2 GB RAM in 2010? In a Mac Pro? Come on. There are RAM slots to be filled and enjoyed my friend. :-)

Apologies if you after paragraph 30 or so said you did upgrade to 10 GB and RAID, I just had to comment on your “testing setup” :-)

Regards,
Jonas

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