iPhoto 6 speed-up is real

So says web developer Garrett Murray on his blog. Like Garrett, I buy the iLife suite updates almost exclusively for iPhoto so this is happy news:

“Application Loading (from launch until all thumbnails appear)
iPhoto 5: 14.1 seconds
iPhoto 6: 3.0 seconds
Application Closing (from quit command until gone)
iPhoto 5: 9.4 seconds
iPhoto 6: 1.2 seconds
That’s a huge difference. In fact, at this point, the application almost feels, dare I say it, very fast. Thank the application gods!”

Thanks for the data points, Garrett,