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by Joe Leo, Columnist February 21, 2007


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**Note: these specifications taken from Adobe and Apple's product pages on their websites. (Notice how many specific and exacting requirements Apple has for their software application in contrast to Adobe. "Aperture or Lightroom: You Decide")




Adobe: Photoshop Lightroom
Macintosh [system requirements]

  • Mac OS X v.10.4
  • PowerPC¨ G4 or G5 1GHz processor or Intel¨ Coreª Duo processor
  • 768MB of RAM (1GB recommended)
  • 1GB of available hard-disk space
  • 1,024x768 screen resolution
  • CD-ROM drive




Apple: Aperture
Minimum System Requirements

One of the following Macintosh computers:

  • Mac Pro
  • Power Mac G5 with a 1.6-gigahertz (GHz) or faster PowerPC G5 processor
  • MacBook Pro
  • MacBook
  • 15- or 17-inch PowerBook G4 with a 1.25GHz or faster PowerPC G4 processor
  • iMac with 1.8GHz or faster PowerPC G5 or Intel Core Duo processor
  • Mac mini with Intel Core Solo or Duo processor
Mac OS X version 10.4.8 or later

Memory:

  • 1GB of RAM required
  • 2GB of RAM required for Mac Pro
One of the following graphics cards:
  • ATI Radeon X600 Pro or X600 XT
  • ATI Radeon X800 XT Mac Edition*
  • ATI Radeon X850 XT
  • ATI Radeon X1600
  • ATI Radeon X1900 XT
  • ATI Radeon 9800 XT or 9800 Pro
  • ATI Radeon 9700 Pro
  • ATI Radeon 9600, 9600 XT, 9600 Pro, or 9650
  • ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 or 9600
  • ATI Mobility X1600
  • NVIDIA GeForce 5200 Ultra
  • NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE or 6600
  • NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL or 6800 GT DDL
  • NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT
  • NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT
  • NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT
  • NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500
  • Intel GMA 950
5GB of disk space for application, sample projects, and tutorial

DVD drive for installation



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