Another post about my life as an iMac newbie. Today's topic: software dilemmas... What if there are several decent programs available? The hours I spent reading reviews and asking for advice...

You see. I'm not a professional photographer, but I am a serious hobby photographer. I have over 90.000 photos on my PC. And so far I never really took the time to import all of them into a program for editing and viewing. I organized kept trying to organize the folders myself. Note the try bit here... I need a proper program for easy editing and overview.

I did try Lightroom for some editing in the past, and I've heard good thing about it too. But now I also have the choice to get Aperture for Mac. Read below the positive/negative about both and maybe you'll understand my dilemma!

• Lightroom is for both Mac and Windows. I like the idea of having the choice. Aperture is just for Mac.

Apple just released "Digital Camera Raw Compatibility Update 3.1" adding RAW support to iPhoto and Aperture with the Following cameras

This update extends RAW image compatibility for Aperture 3 and iPhoto ’09 for the following cameras:

Hasselblad H3DII-50
Leica M9
Leica X1
Olympus E-P1
Olympus E-P2
Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1
Pentax K-7
Pentax K-x
Sony Alpha DSLR-A500
Sony Alpha DSLR-A550
Sony Alpha DSLR-A850

Besides this update Apple recently also released an update to Aperture 3 which is supposed to fix the slideshow issues.

This update addresses an issue affecting the playback of video clips used in Aperture 3 slideshows on Snow Leopard.

The update is recommended for all users of Aperture 3.