Apple iLife '08 Family Pack
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Manufacturer: Apple
Model: MB016Z/A
Binding: DVD-ROM
Publisher: Apple
Label: Apple
Platform: Mac OS X
Platform: Mac OS X
Features for Apple iLife '08 Family Pack:
- A major update to Apple's award-winning suite of digital lifestyle applications; includes iPhoto, iWeb, iMovie, GarageBand and iDVD
- Powerful new Events feature automatically organizes your photos and video by the events where they were taken
- Completely reinvented iMovie collects all your video clips in one library where you can make movies in seconds with drag-and-drop ease
- GarageBand makes it simple to produce great music, whether you're an accomplished musician or you've never played a note
- Showcase photos and movies online with a few clicks in a .Mac Web Gallery, create stunning websites, photo books, calendars, DVDs, and more
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Customer Reviews
Great new features 
2008-02-24
I've had this product since the day it was released. I absolutely love the new features and benefits. There have been a lot of updates, but the upgrades to Garage Band, iWeb and iPhoto are alone worth the price. My only complaint is that sometimes the software seems a bit buggy, but there have been a lot of updates since it came out (once again Apple kept on top of it).
Horrible Software 
2008-02-21
I cannot believe how many hours of my life I have wasted trying to get this upgrade to work. I should have listened to the reviews! Ever since I installed a software update online for iDVD, I have not been able to burn DVDs that can be watched in regular DVD players (video too choppy) but at least I could watch those DVD using my Mac. Now that I've spent money to upgrade to '08, the video quality is SO poor that the DVDs are of no use to me at all. The video won't even preview in iDVD - freezes two seconds in. Complete waste of money. Wait until Apple gets its act together before you waste your money.
Essential for iPhoto 
2008-02-14
While this is a much needed update to iLife is doesn't do much for iDVD or iMovie but give it a facelift and maybe some options for ease of use. I'm sure if you use those parts more than I do you might find the update more valuable. The best part of this software is the iPhoto update. I love showing off the new "Events" way of organizing photos. I haven't even began to understand all the new stuff with GarageBand but it does provide a neat way to custom make your own iPhone ringtones without having to pay for them in iTunes. This alone sold me on the software upgrade. If i had a .mac account I would love to use all the new features of iWeb. Any mac user needs this update!!!
Apple keeps going forward 2008-02-10
iLife 08 is the logical progression of Apples previous versions. I do not have OS 10.5 yet, so will wait to install iMovie HD. iPhoto 08 is more powerful and is worth the price alone. I will be trying iWeb soon and it will be my first opportunity to have a web site. To realize the full potential of iLife 08, you really do need a .Mac account. I will sign up as soon as trial version is over. That's it.... If you have a Mac, your in the club, so to speak, iLife 08 and .Mac are pretty reasonable considering of the price of just about everything else these days.
First impressions 
2008-02-04
The very first time I hooked up my Canon SD850 digital camera to import into iPhoto 8 what happens? Crash. Reimport. Crash again. Nothing but crashes.
iPhoto then says there are photos that won't import and would I like to reimport. Saying yes results in a crash. Restarting then gives the same "would you like to reimport" message but with double the number of photos. Repeat and it will crash and ask to reimport 4 times the number of photos. At this point I stopped trying, but I assume iPhoto would continue doubling the number of photos to import until I ran out of disk space.
I appears Apple did no real world testing with this product before release. This upgrade has almost been as bad as the transition from iLife 4 to 6 (the difference being that upgrade completely destroyed all my libraries and keywords. I had to manually reimport thousands of photos by hand).
Apple does many things well. Apple also continues to have serious quality control issues that are still not being addressed.
Great addition 2008-06-11
I bought this for my kids when I purchased their laptops. They love the product. Quick delivery, worth the money!
ILife 2008-04-21
I have uses most of the units on I Life and I have been pleased for the most part. It is easy to use and you should find them fun to work with.
iLife 2008-03-24
I purchased iLife to resolve a conflict I was experiencing between HD Movie, on an older system, and iMovie, on a newer system - It resolved my problem...
A must have for Mac owners 2008-03-11
Fantastic update to previous installment. I love how this software inspires my creative side, which rarely comes out.
WOW Factor! 2008-02-29
I have been using Apple products since the early 90s. It has always been a progression of WOW! at every turn! iLife 08 is no different! With the addition of iWeb to the iLife family and the improvements in GarageBand and iPhoto, it is so much FUN to be finding projects to do! Thank Goodness that they have training at the Apple Stores as well as other means of learning the new stuff! If you don't believe me, you need to go watch the online video tour of iLife 08! And, while you're there... set some time aside to watch the tour of the new OS X.5, Leopard, under STORE!
