Aperture 2.0 has shipped. It needs Tiger 10.4.11 or Leopard 10.5.2. It's $200, down $199 from 1.0, and an upgrade is $99. If you purchased 1.5 recently then you can get it for $9.95.

Apple claims 100 new features that I have not had time to read yet.

Apple's Aperture page has many details. including the specs. The features page has some Quick Tours to watch and there are many tutorials. You download the User Manual, and a publication called Exploring Aperture. There is a compatibility checker that will see if your system can run it.

As usual there is active conversation (maybe less whining?) at Apple's Aperture discussion page.

Tags: Aperture, Updates, Anticipation, RAW, DSLR