On Feb 16, 2006, at 2:28 PM, b3 wrote: > Okay, I have a few questions regarding Apples Aperture program. > Here is my situation: > > I have a friend that is in photography/graphic design. He purchased > Aperture for use with his business, but for various reasons he has > decided that after using it for a few months that it is not the > correct choice for him. > > He offered to sell the software to me for $50 (i figure it's a > steal from the retail price) original instal discs, box and all. > I've been interested in trying it out. > > my questions are these: > > 1. I know that my 12" powerbook is not officially supported, but he > said that he has been running it on a 12" pb at his office using > some sort of hack. Are there any legal ramifications from using > said hack? (I wouldn't think so, but I figured that I would check)
I wouldn't think so either, the original purchaser was the one who was robbed, and nobody came to his aid. > 2. As I've not used the program personally, I'm not sure that it is > the correct solution for me. I've read that Aperture copies all of > the photos from your iPhoto library. Is there a way to make it just > link to the files so that I don't have double the space of pictures > on my laptop? (I'd like to keep my iPhoto library intact, in case I > want to revert back to using it) Unless you are professionally shooting RAW files iPhoto would be your better choice. Apple will charge an arm and a few fingers when it fixes this mess with Aperture 2.0. > 3. If i bought the program from him, and didn't care for it, would > it be okay to sell it on ebay or such if I deleted it from my mac? Makes the most sense, at least you might have $100 to buy some smokes for the slammer. If you want to try something out, download Lightroom Beta 2...jf -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/pkcs7-signature Size: 2102 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20060216/ae80e771/attachment.bin
