Just been and bought Panther and iLife 04 ( AUS$79), purely for Garageband, so imagine my disappointment to discover that it (and iDVD) comes on a DVD whereas other apps come on a CD!! I only have a CD ROM in my iMac and CDRW in my G4. Can't help but think Apple have deliberately overlooked existing users who don't have DVD's. Would it have hurt to have put GarageBand on a CD? Panther comes with 4 CD's. from what I've seen of iPhoto4 and iMovie 4, there are no real major differences over version 3 that comes with Panther 10.3.2 that could justify the price so assume that it is basically GarageBand you are paying for. If apple are serious about GarageBand surely it should be on CD too? Afterall proper Pro audio apps like Reason, Cubase come on CD's. Or why not give the option and include both?
Also hear that GarageBand is probably the most resource hungry app you'll ever run on a Mac and makes Windows XP look like an optimised piece of software. If this is the case it has a long way to go before it can match the performance of existing audio/recording apps. Hope Apple quickly rectify this, and get CD versions pronto for users who have been let down by the stupid DVD policy. How much did Apple pay the marketing boys for a strategy that has cut out a huge chunk of their potenital market, leaving PC migrators like myself regretting the outlay? Yes I tried networkig my PC Laptop and shared its DVD drive, but the PC did not recognise any of the apple apps, so I got a blank pane in Windows Explorer. Have to find a mac user who has a DVD drive and see if they will allow me to network my machine to load the blasted thing on! So far my venture into Panther and GarageBand has come to a disappointing dead end. Any ideas would be welcomed. Although I can't justify buying and external DVD drive that will cost the earth just to be used once in a blue moon. -----Original Message----- From: iMac List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Charles Martin Sent: Friday, 23 April 2004 4:45 PM To: iMac List Subject: Re: garageband > From: "Christopher Hightower" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I bought a new computer with the 2004iLife app's installed. It > doesn't = > have garageband. Is there anyway to get garageband without purchasing > all = > of iLife? You got iMovie, iTunes and iDVD because you bought a new consumer iMac. If you want Garageband, you'll need to buy iLife -- which will set you back all of $49. It is my sincere belief that Garageband is worth at least five times if not ten times the entire purchase price of iLife, and frankly people should be sending love letters to Apple for pricing this complete package so attractively. I've heard some people whine about "I only want iPhoto" or what have you and *resent* paying $49 for quality software (of which each individual component of iLife certainly qualifies), which I find nothing short of shocking. If iLife were more realistically priced at around $499, I think there could be a case made that Garageband should be available separately, but at $49? Sheesh. _Chas_ Have you noticed that this administration's harshest critics are ... lifelong Republicans? Richard Clarke, Paul O'Neil, John McCain, Scott Ritter, Pat Buchanan, John Dean, John O'Neill, David Kay ... and the list goes on ... -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com --------------------------------------------------------------- -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
