Why I buy this one ?
- 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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What our customer's say!

"A mixed bag - but overall good", iPhoto - Fabulous upgrade - the best and easiest way to manage and work with photos.
iMovie - Truly a disappointment. It could have been so much better, but bugs and terrible export quality from DV ruined the product.
iWeb - Not much of an upgrade, but welcome nonetheless.
iDVD - Worked fast and well when needed. Burns so quickly that it saved my skin on a couple occasions so overall very happy.
GarageBand - Minor upgrades, I don't really use it expect for podcasts so I don't notice much at all.

Overall, there is some good (iPhoto, iDVD) and some bad (iMovie), which overall means its a 4-star rating to upgrade.

"BEWARE !! the iDVD Program may not work", This iLife 08 application is probably great if you're running Leopard..... which I am not..... I have Tiger 10.4.11 ..... i purchased my new iMac desktop in October 07' and it came with Tiger and iLife 08 programs previously installed at the Apple factory. I recently went to use my iDVD program and it will simply not work at all..... Apple's Tech Reps have tried and tried to help me over the phone but nothing will make it work on my new computer.... I have spent hours and hours on this problem and finally one of the Apple Tech Reps admitted to me that iDVD 08 works best with the Leopard platform which it was basically designed for..... I have now ordered a new iLife 06 program for $79 plus tax, which they assure me will work fine on my 2007 computer..... If this is what it takes to get an iDVD program to work, then i think that I should not have to pay for the iLife application twice..... but I had to..... Apple has not heard the last from me about this issue..... we'll see....

"iMovie '08 Sinks the iLife Ship", One of the nicest things about the previous versions of iLife (up to iLife 6) was the ease of use combined with the seamless integration. It was a joy to use and so even though I tried Final Cut Express for movie editing, I went back to iMovie 06 because it was so productive.

I was a little disappointed, then, when I tried editing a movie in iMovie '08:
- There is no "rubber band" control over the sound levels
- The titles appear blurry if you edit them, and when I looked at an exported movie this morning the titles erase the film completely
- You cannot add chapters, unless you export to Garageband, but even then there is a bug whereby the sound is removed from the movie (but there is a hack to get around that) - doesn't this sound more like a PC than a Mac??
- All the controls seem to be automatic without the degree of customization that I seem to remember from iMovie 06.

In short, I debated whether or not to (a) switch back to the PC or (b) upgrade to Final Cut Express. I decided on the latter, but I hope Apple doesn't disappoint this badly again! At least the Mac hardware is on Intel, so I have options...

On the plus side, iPhoto seems much improved (nice Events groupings) although iDVD seems to have taken a little control away from the user (and it isn't as intuitive as I remember the 06 version to have been).

Overall... I'd stick with iLife '06 or upgrade everything (although they've taken away the DVD studio upgrade from iDVD - you have to buy the Final Cut Pro package at over $1000...).... or get a PC!

*** Update: Apple has a version of iMovie '06 for iLife '08 owners on their website (Google it to get the URL) - so you can install iMovie '06 which works great with iDVD '08. I also discovered that to get past the blurry titles on iMovie '08 you can split the titles up into shorter segments and it seems to fix itself - go figure. So now I am happy (at last!) with my iLife setup, and also I upgraded my Final Cut Express so now I have the option to go iMovie '06 or FCE for movie editing - if I can figure out how to use FCE!


"It runs well under OS 10.5.3", I got this version because my older version would not run under OS 10.5.3. It does that and runs flawlessly. I mostly wanted iDVD for a project but the other apps are nice to have. I've produced a DVD of pix I took at a family wedding which has been greatly appreciated by both sides of the family. I'm not into video but needed a way to have people look at the pix without a computer. It does that quite easily. I highly recommend it.

"I-life", Yes I was really pleased with the product and the shipping. The only problem I had was, when I was trying to get in touch with the company to see the details on my shipping and I could get in touch with the company of my other order but not this one but It was not a big deal but if it was I would not be very happy.

Read this reviews before You buy...

"May I have iLife '06 back?", Wow. I'm crushed. I just got a new iMac with the 3.06 GHz processor and every imaginable upgrade, thinking that my new DVDs would be easier to produce while looking better than ever. Wrong. Apple has removed most of the sophistication from iMovie & it is really only useful for absolute amateurs. No chapter markers, except those which can be added---only at timed intervals---in iDVD? No detailed audio editing? Where is the end of that clip I just deleted? Heaven help me if I need it back. Where are the interesting titles and transitions from '06? Wretched program.

Also taking a step backward is iDVD. With every new version, I have eagerly anticipated the new and improved themes. The themes are lame, though, to their credit, I suppose, they are DIFFERENT from '06 . . . just not better. Most hold only one photo and have little or no animation.

iPhoto has a couple of nice upgrades, though. Nothing major. Photo organization has improved. Being able to change the size of the red eye correction and retouch tools is a plus.

Apple is driving us to spend more by taking away content from the software which comes with computers. No word processing program and deteriorating content in the iLife suite? I guess Apple knows we're all over a barrel. I mean, what are we going to do, BUY A PC!? Off to buy Final Cut Express . . . .

"Absolute CRAP!", Apple has morphed into Microsoft.

This software is horrible. What happened to Apple? how could they do this to us? Apple used to have a reputation for providing great software. This package will make you tear your hair out.

It includes iPhoto. How many people have digital camera's now--everyone. So you need a way to organize your pictures. Fortunately Apple hardware will run Windows, and you will want to, rather than use iPhoto. You won't be able to organize your photos in a logical manner. You won't be able to find your photos. Resizing will be so difficult, where on a Windows machine using Thumbs Plus, it was so easy. I can't say anything good about this software.

iMovie is not much better.

The bottom line is software should be good, and not drive you crazy in frustration.

Don't even consider buying this software.

"Macintosh iLife", Good first start on a productivity suite, but lacking helpful features. iPhoto has apparently lost ability to resize photos to send as eMail attachments, or maybe that's buried where I can't find it. Two or three versions down the line this may be a good set of apps, but I'm not ready to give up on Appleworks yet. Price is reasonable for what it is.

jb

"Love It!!!!", I love this software and would recommend it to others to purchase for their Mac Computers it is well worth the price!!!

"wonderful price", i love apple, i love the new features in ilife 08 and i loved this price! thanks.