On Mar 14, 2006, at 7:04 AM, Adam Maas wrote:
Because Lightroom doesn't use Image Units, Aperture does. Making Lightroom far less dependant on GPU performance. Lightroom performs much better on low-end hardware, while Aperture really shows off what the high-end hardware can do, because unlike Lightroom, Aperture can take full advantage of the increase in GPU power.
As I said, utterly different design and implementation philosophies although in many ways the end result to a user looks very similar.
Godfrey
