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I, too, have used both platforms for many years. I can say that they both work. What you will find is that they each have a different "philosophy" about how things should be accomplished and how things are organized. They both do the same things, but differently. Many people who have used one platform, then switch to another tend to try to make the new platform look and act like the old. It's natural, that's what they're used to. That approach usually doesn't work. Again, it's a little different way of thinking on each platform, but they are both accomplishing the same things.
As for robustness, I don't doubt that the previous poster experienced what he has indicated, but this is not typical.
I currently use both Capture NX2 and Aperture 3. They are different programs designed to do different things, but have overlapping features. Capture NX2 is primarily an image editor. I believe that nothing processes a Nikon RAW file better than Capture. Others may have different opinions, based on their own experience. I do my initial RAW processing using Capture, then do final finishing in Photoshop if necessary.
Aperture 3 is designed first and foremost as a digital asset management tool, and is really useful for rating, organizing and retrieving your images from storage. It's real strength is organizing and tagging images for rapid retrieval. It also acts as a RAW converter and an image editor. When Apple updated Aperture from version 2 to version 3, they greatly improved the RAW converter and also greatly enhanced its editing tools. Both of these functions are really quite good now.
I'm in the process of redesigning my workflow now. I am finding that for some images, I can do all finishing in Aperture 3, while for others, I still utilize Capture and Photoshop. I always start with importing my images through Aperture, though. This allows me to categorize and tag images quickly and easily. Capture is not designed to do this as well.
I'm a big believer in digital asset management tools. As the number of images piles up, it's indispensable. You should also try out Adobe's Lightroom software, available for both the Mac OS X and Windows platforms. It does pretty much the same things as Aperture, with some notable differences in editing tools, and integrates well with Photoshop, if that's important to you. You may find that you prefer the approach and interface in either Lightroom or Aperture over the other.
These are just my observations and experiences, and others may have different opinions. Good luck with your decision.
Hope this helps,
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