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 I'd give it more stars if I could use it... January 26, 2005
J. Cunningham (Kutztown, PA)
20 out of 51 found this review helpful
After watching Steve Jobs' Keynote presentation at the Macworld expo, I rushed to order my copy of iLife 05. I was excited at the new features in iPhoto, particularly being able to create folders to store albums and slideshows. The new iDVD themes also looked beautiful.
Before buying it, I carefully checked Apple's website for the system requirements - I'm still running OS 10.2.8, so I wanted to make sure it was compatible. Sure enough, it said "10.2.6 or later, 10.2.8 recommended". Amazon's tech specs say the same thing.
But alas, I get the package, read the side of the box, and what do I see?
System Requirements:
Mac OS v10.3.4
OS 10.3.6 required for HD and RAW
I immediately rechecked the Apple site, where it now read 10.3.4, or 10.3.6.
I was cursing my stupidity when I came across others who had the same problem - read the system requirements as 10.2.8 recommended, ordered it, and cannot use it. Others have called Apple's tech support on this and support has denied the website has ever listed 10.2.8 as a requirement.
Please beware, if you are still using any OS earlier than 10.3.4, this will not work!!!
I really would like to rate it higher, but I'd have to be able to use it first.
Edit to review 02/21/05:
After reading other reviews, I think there was a misconception about mine. Let me clarify:
I posted this review for a reason. For a short time, Apple's website listed the **wrong** system requirements for iLife 05. It had nothing to do with iTunes system requirements. After calling Apple, they acknowledged it was a mistake. I was told the system requirements for iLife 04 were "copied" to the iLife 05 page in the Apple Store. The wrong information was on Apple's site for less than 1 day before it was corrected. I just happened to come across it before it was changed.
**Amazon.com also had the wrong system requirements (listing 10.2.6 or later) listed for iLife05 until about two weeks ago.** Viewing the system requirements **now** shows the correct information.
I was trying to caution others running 10.2.x in purchasing this product based on incorrect information listed on this site at the time. Seems to me one of the points of a review is to provide information that may be useful to potential buyers of a product, not to discredit another review.
Apple's website was clear. Amazon's product specs were clear. They were, for a time, also **wrong**.
 Wowie! January 25, 2005
Randy Rathbun (Independence, MO)
10 out of 12 found this review helpful
I thought iLife '04 was good, but this version is even better.
iPhoto now supports RAW images, which is all I ever shoot on my Canon 10D, so now iPhoto has all of my images cataloged in it. I also like that iPhoto will now catalog video clips. Most of the clips I have are just silly videos I have found out on the net, but now I have a better place to store them.
iDVD has some really beautiful themes! I just wish Apple had released '05 a few months ago - I could have really used some of the new themes when I was working on some video projects!
I am also glad to see widescreen hit iMovie. I don't do any HD stuff, but I do like to shoot in 16x9 mode. I do wish Apple had included some more goodies in iMovie with regards to transitions/effects/titles, but just having the upgrade to do widescreen is worth it to me.
Haven't and don't really intend on playing with Garage Band, so can't comment on it.
Another hit from Apple! January 22, 2005
Gary Carpineta (Maryland, USA)
36 out of 41 found this review helpful
Apple's hardware is great but their software is even better. iLife '05 is a huge update with many improvements over the '04 version.
Big improvments have been made to iPhoto and iMovie. Garageband has some nice updates as well but I don't heavily use it so I can't really comment on it too much. iDVD has some really nice new themes, a lot nicer than last years.
If you don't own a Mac, this is the reason to buy one. Nothing like this package exists on the PC and the price just makes it even sweeter. It costs a bit more this year but they made many more improvments so it is worth it.
If you do own a Mac you owe it to yourself to pick this up. This is a great set of applications that goes unmatched.
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