Mac Faithful to Get an iLife
by John Paczkowski
Posted on January 26, 2009 at 11:40 AM PT
iLife ’09–the latest iteration of Apple’s multimedia application suite (iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand, iWeb, iDVD) arrives at market tomorrow, Jan. 27. Uncrated by Apple SVP Phil Schiller at Macworld earlier this month, iLife ’09 features what looks to be a killer rewrite of iMovie, Apple’s consumer video-editing software, and a new version of Garageband ’09 that offers basic lessons for guitar and piano (free) as well as “artist lessons” from the likes of John Fogerty, Norah Jones and Sting ($4.99). It also boasts a new version of iPhoto that now categorizes photos according “Places” and, thanks to some slick facial recognition technology, “Faces.”
A new iLife ’09 license from Apple (AAPL) will set you back $79 unless you purchased a new Mac on or after Jan. 6, 2009, in which case it’s just $9.95.
Comments
I’ve checked out the new iMovie and it looks great. There are a lot of new software upgrades that don’t seem to improve much and tend to just fix problems. It sounds like iLife is a significant upgrade. I’m not sure if it’s enough to make me run to the store but I’m impressed.
Posted by Ken Okel at January 26th, 2009 at 12:20 pm