iLife '04: Don't waste your money
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Arden
Where mah "any" keys at?
Maybe you're more cut out for the crappage that seeps onto Windows PC's than the refinement of Apple programs.
- GarageBand is awesome. I used it for 5 minutes and came up with a great melody. And it's one of the reasons my friend wants to switch to Mac.
- iPhoto has been sped up considerably. It's able to handle a huge library size, much bigger than before. That doesn't seem minor to me.
- I don't think iTunes was changed with this version of iLife.
I know this is your opinion and I can't change that, but I wouldn't consider iLife a waste at all. It's worth the $50 for GarageBand alone.
- GarageBand is awesome. I used it for 5 minutes and came up with a great melody. And it's one of the reasons my friend wants to switch to Mac.
- iPhoto has been sped up considerably. It's able to handle a huge library size, much bigger than before. That doesn't seem minor to me.
- I don't think iTunes was changed with this version of iLife.
I know this is your opinion and I can't change that, but I wouldn't consider iLife a waste at all. It's worth the $50 for GarageBand alone.
Neal Colingham
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I just loaded it, the increase in speed in iPhoto is amazing. iMovie allows trasitions now with this version so my son is producing his High Schools Senior movie with iMovie instead of iDVD. We got the education discount so it was 29 + tax. Programmers and software this good cost allot of money so I gladly support Apple. Apple is on a roll and I for one am very happy to see it.
Neal
Neal
me wants..
boi
official breaker of macs.
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.kanecorp said:
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+.
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.
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.
Arden
Where mah "any" keys at?
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.
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
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dixonbm said:
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).
monktus said:
No I haven't forgotten. But serious musicians and production teams don't use programs like garageband or even soundtrack for that matter. They use professional programs like Pro Tools.
monktus said:
Everyone that I know who owns a Mac has a digital camera too. So I would disagree. I think iPhoto is more widely used than iMovie or iDVD.
