Lightroom 1.0 arrives this Feb.

Now officially (GN) called Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, it is out of beta (ends Feb 28th, I believe) and ready for pre-order. It seems that my choice to go one way or another was timely because unless Lightroom gained some pretty massive cahones in terms of being able to handle a large number of images, I don’t think it’s up to spec. And even though it’s easier on the processor than Aperture (which when I went to buy it on Friday was sold out – Darn you Murphy’s Law of shopping!), I don’t think I want to suffer through too many growing pains when dealing with my pictures. But moreover, I think it’s best to stay “in house”, that way the perks that I enjoyed in iPhoto are still there for the most part (yes I know I could just export/import from Lightroom to iPhoto for the same effect).