So, I bought it and and can now report from experience! Fiirst of all, it is worth noting that Apple Stores offer a 14 day money back gaurantee, so there is little risk. The preformable is exceptionally good! Can’t believe what has been achieved with 2GB of RAM considering how the desktop version struggles. I just imported 70 RAW photos from my Oly EM1 using the Apple SD card reader. The import into IOS Photos (the necessary evil step), and that took less than a minute. I don’t understand the USB2 vs USB3 argument, it is a Lightning connector after all, but this must be faster than USB2?? This is substantially faster than my desktop. I am not sure exactly how Lightroom pulls them in from there. I opened Lightroom, got briefly distracted, and when I looked back they had been imported. Again, this would have taken less than a minute. I was then ready to edit. No waiting around for Smart Previews. I was straight in. By the time I had done a first pass through the pictures (maybe 5 mins) they were uploaded to the cloud! There was no lag in editing them whatsoever. So compared with all the other methods I have used - a powerful Windows desktop, my Galaxy S7 with the Android app, and (worst of all), my work Surface Pro, this wins hands down. Unbelievably good!
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