Originally Posted by
John Layton
Thanks everyone for all of the thoughtful comments!
Again...I will only need this to store, organize, and tweak images prior to posting them on my website plus on sites like this forum.
Said tweaks will likely only involve adjustments to size, exposure/contrast/color temps, maybe a little cropping/straightening, and perhaps a little local area dodging/burning...but very little of this likely as I'll be photo-copying finished prints with my D-80 prior to upload. In fact...any local area tweaks would likely only be necessary if my repro-lighting isn't evenly distributed - which does happen sometimes.
Oh...and some very basic video editing capability might be nice - but not absolutely necessary.
At any rate...my needs are really quite simple. I would never anticipate needing to "upgrade" any features of whatever software I choose...which is why I think purchasing something once, on a disc, would make sense. My only concern would be that whatever disc I choose would be (and remain) compatible with the operating system on my MacBook Pro.
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