[andy153]

Hi Chris and others - have you ever used Aperture? I use it as my main catalogue application. Apperture 1.6 is on the way I understand, and it promises to be all anyone could need (Previewed at Nikon Solutions Expo a couple of months back by a CS3 demonstrator who was drooling and itching to get his hands on it ! ) It does most of the adjustments I need and then anything else goes goes to Photoshop CS3 - I also have CS2, Lightroom, Elements and NX but I have always found the Nikon Software and Apple do not sit well together - they are always slow with their Apple software and usually buggy to start with. I use Lightroom as a sort of sub catalogue with certain chosen images, and Elements is useful if you arn't going to do much. However which ever application you use with Apple a large RAM helps I use 4.5 Gb RAM and can run all of the above together. I would suggest a minimum of 2 - 2.5 Gb to run PS well.