iLife '04: Don't waste your money - Page 2

**Giaguara** · #9 January 16th, 2004, 09:09 PM

35$? Shipped?

me wants..

boi · #10 January 16th, 2004, 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by kanecorp

If you gotta have it, download it, worth about 5 bucks.
I'm so pissed i drove all the way out to the apple store this for this s**t.
like, 7 new DVD themes, so minor updates to itunes and iphoto, garageband is a joke...
I'm very mad right now.

the iphoto update is pretty major. you'd notice it if you used iphoto a lot. iphoto was crazy slow before, now it's crazy fast. just hit the scroll down button and hold it. wowee.

garageband a joke?
are you a musician? do you have a midi keyboard? if not, then it's probably not for you anyway. did you expect it to create music for you? i'm really interested in your backing up "garageband is a joke".
heck, soundtrack was a decent audio app, and this is leaps and bounds better.
i'm not switching over, because i use live and i love it, but it's extremely formidable-- especially considering the competition is $400+.

ipants · #11 January 17th, 2004, 12:03 AM

can't please everyone...

azrad · #12 January 17th, 2004, 03:43 AM

i have not try the new iLife... but from the Video Streaming of Steve Job KeyNote...

i bet my office boy (who is a PC guy) would scream what the GarageBand can do...

eheheh... for more... maybe u can read Arden post on #2

im still a happy Mac User...

dixonbm · #13 January 17th, 2004, 08:18 AM

I see garageband as being a specialty app for a small number of people. I'm surprised they would put so much effort into a program that few would use. I enjoy listening to music, but I don't know anything about making it, let alone have a midi keyboard.

So I would stand by the questioning response to Garageband.

However, I really would like to get my hands on a copy of the new iPhoto. I do use it fairly regularly, so I may end up spending that $50 again. I got it last time it came out because I wanted functionality between iMovie and iDVD which I had lost when I upgrade the free download of iMovie.

Randman · #14 January 17th, 2004, 11:21 AM

Why did kane buy the iLife package if he/she didn't know what was involved? Caveat emptor anyone?

Arden · #15 January 17th, 2004, 01:11 PM

Dixon: Even if you aren't a musician, fire up GarageBand and check out what you can do with the loops. You'll find that if you at least know how to click and drag, you can make some great sounding stuff.

Kane: Oh well, I can understand you might want to sell it to someone else. If Gia will pay you $35 for it, then by all means go for it.

monktus · #16 January 17th, 2004, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by dixonbm

I see garageband as being a specialty app for a small number of people. I'm surprised they would put so much effort into a program that few would use. I enjoy listening to music, but I don't know anything about making it, let alone have a midi keyboard.

So I would stand by the questioning response to Garageband.

You forget that Macs are the industry standard for making and recording music. I would say that GarageBand is the opposite to a speciality app, it opens up the possibility of creating music on a mac in a cheap and easy way. It's a little like saying that iPhoto is a speciality app for a small number of people because not everyone has a digital camera. You don't even need a MIDI keyboard to use GarageBand.

There's a big discussion (a few actually) on Slashdot about iLife and the consensus seems to be, "stop whining, it's a bargain! Apple owes you nothing, they're great to you!". That might sound a little harsh but it's true. The current versions of iPhoto and iMovie are still free and downloadable. iDVD was never available free and is too big for a download. GarageBand is also about 2GB with the loops etc included so isn't feasable for download. Apple has put a lot of R&D into these programs and it's fair for them to charge, if only to cover the cost of media and distribution. Also, if you were to buy applications seperately with the same features, you'd be spending quite a lot of cash, so the Slashdotters are right. The new iLife is a fantastic deal.

Also, GarageBand will do wonders for Apple in terms of publicity, reputation and overall sales. Look what they've achieived with iMovie and Final Cut, well GarageBand will most likely help sales of Logic Pro and Express (yes, they've repackaged it in line with Final Cut).