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Remember that the raw converter is part of the OS, not part of Aperture or iPhoto. But this means a stronge concern for the Photos app if Apple is going to take forever to update the OS raw converter.
It will be interesting to see what new bodies are supported by Yosemite at launch this fall.
It will be interesting to see what new bodies are supported by Yosemite at launch this fall.
It doesn't. Photomechanic is purely about digital asset management, and it's (IMHO, by far) the best program on the market for that purpose.
Base exactly on what functions/features/behaviors do you think it beats LR?
For me it would have to be one heck of a DAM to ignore the lack of plugins, slideshow creation, web gallery page creation, and photo book publishing.
re: can't trust Apple software anymore?
I'm sure many people feel the same way, Razeus. But as someone supporting both Windows and OS X systems daily (for a creative/marketing firm), I still consistently find I prefer the Mac experience.
You've *always* been able to get more raw power for less money by going with the Windows platform. That doesn't change the fact that raw power and benchmark results aren't the whole story. "Usability" has more to do with having ENOUGH power to get the task(s) done that you want to do, while not getting slowed down by such things as system errors, software updates that fail to install properly, viruses, spyware, etc. etc.
iWork may/may not really be a "joke", depending on each person's needs. Where I work, people find Keynote far superior to PowerPoint for making presentations. On the other hand, I haven't met anyone yet who finds "Numbers" a superior spreadsheet to Microsoft Excel. At best, I consider Numbers kind of a "desktop publisher for numerical data". It has some nice templates to make a spreadsheet look pretty, vs. the power to do a lot of advanced formulas or calculating large numbers of cells.
There's also the fact that whenever Apple does a Windows version of an OS X app, it takes a back seat in performance and stability to the Mac edition. iTunes for Windows has always been a bloated mess, compared with how well it runs in OS X. I have little doubt the new "Photos" app will be the same way in a Windows version.
I definitely hold out some hope that Windows 9 will be a pretty good release, but it's still going to be chained to some of the design weaknesses in that OS, such as the system registry and its security model.
If Apple really blows it with the Yosemite release, THEN I might reconsider a switch back to Windows PCs for my personal use. But just the headaches of malware, alone, keep me happier in OS X.
I'm sure many people feel the same way, Razeus. But as someone supporting both Windows and OS X systems daily (for a creative/marketing firm), I still consistently find I prefer the Mac experience.
You've *always* been able to get more raw power for less money by going with the Windows platform. That doesn't change the fact that raw power and benchmark results aren't the whole story. "Usability" has more to do with having ENOUGH power to get the task(s) done that you want to do, while not getting slowed down by such things as system errors, software updates that fail to install properly, viruses, spyware, etc. etc.
iWork may/may not really be a "joke", depending on each person's needs. Where I work, people find Keynote far superior to PowerPoint for making presentations. On the other hand, I haven't met anyone yet who finds "Numbers" a superior spreadsheet to Microsoft Excel. At best, I consider Numbers kind of a "desktop publisher for numerical data". It has some nice templates to make a spreadsheet look pretty, vs. the power to do a lot of advanced formulas or calculating large numbers of cells.
There's also the fact that whenever Apple does a Windows version of an OS X app, it takes a back seat in performance and stability to the Mac edition. iTunes for Windows has always been a bloated mess, compared with how well it runs in OS X. I have little doubt the new "Photos" app will be the same way in a Windows version.
I definitely hold out some hope that Windows 9 will be a pretty good release, but it's still going to be chained to some of the design weaknesses in that OS, such as the system registry and its security model.
If Apple really blows it with the Yosemite release, THEN I might reconsider a switch back to Windows PCs for my personal use. But just the headaches of malware, alone, keep me happier in OS X.
Have you really used it? Obviously, it doesn't do editing. But it is, in my experience, untouchable in speed of ingest, rating, key wording, captioning, file renaming, review. It reads from multiple cards/sources, can be set for backing up to a separate target, creates slide shows, creates web galleries, uploads to various web sites like zenfolio. FTPs to sites. Uploads to AWS. It does many things, certain of them very, very well, if you take the time to explore.
There are many great tools out there that excel at certain things. All arguments for or against a particular tool comes down to personal preference, really. It's kind of like arguing over camera bodies. Most produce great images. My limited experience with LR 3, 4 and 5 is that it has a great develop module, and is average at other things. Photo books for example.
Lots of people like a one-size-fits-all approach, a la LR or Aperture. Other people, not so much.