Aperture 1.1 out
Aperture 1.1 was released as a free update today. If you own Aperture, see Software Update. (My comments about it are here.)
In my original review of Aperture, the only real complaint I had was the price, which was too close to PhaseOne CaptureOne. I felt that Apple should undercut them like Final Cut Pro did to Avid. Well, if you own Aperture 1.0 like I do, you can get a $200 coupon good for future Apple Store purchases (Academic users get a $100 one).
By the way, this also means a $200 price drop to Aperture to $300 from $500.
Now how is that for service?
First impressions
Derrick Story has some first impressions of the update. You can also see some comments on the Flickr group.
April 27th, 2006 at 4:34 pm
[...] which I feel deserved a response: I hardly call a rebate for the price difference of Aperture a “palm frond.†By my math, anyone who purchased Aperture on release date (like me), only loses the difference in opportunity cost of $200. [...]
October 24th, 2006 at 9:28 am
[...] One big bummer about that, was that my Aperture eCoupon expired so I wasn’t able to get my $200 discount through their eStore. (Dave tells me a rebate coupon expiration is illegal in California.) [...]