Aperture on the Air!

[longdrag]

Hi,

I have an MBA 2012 - 4GB - 256GB - and want to use Aperture on it. My photos are currently in JPG - bit what is the air like at processing these -

Additionally if I want to work with RAW files is my Air up for processing them speedily enough?

Any info would be great

Thanks

ld

 

[Bending Pixels]

Aperture should run fine on your MBA. You shouldn't have any issues processing RAW files.

 

[longdrag]

Thanks

 

[flynz4]

I agree.

The biggest performance factor for A3 is the speed of the drive where your library (and photos) reside. All new Airs come with an SSD and they work great.

I use A3 on a combination of an iMac (with HDD) and a MBA. A3 allows you to easily move projects from one machine to another. I keep my full library on the iMac, and then I create new libraries on the MBA and transfer them into the main iMac A3 library once I return home.

When I replace my iMac (as soon as the new model is out)... I will be using the fastest drives possible for my full A3 library. I have a Pegasus R4 Thunderbolt array that will probably be what I use. I'll also benchmark it against an SDD.

/Jim