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arstechnica.com - 2/3/2009

iLife suite quietly going Intel-only, PowerPC owners cry

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Apple touts its iLife suite of photo, video, music, and web applications as one of the best reasons to buy a new machine, but for existing Mac owners, new iLife releases traditionally cost $79. With iLife '09, however, Apple has given owners of PowerPC Macs a major incentive not to ...

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appletell.com - 1/28/2009

Apple forgets to mention iDVD on the iLife ‘09 Box

— appletell.com — Apple forgets to mention iDVD on the iLife '09 Box While at the Apple Store today, purchasing iLife ‘09, I made an interesting discovery. Apple seems to have “forgotten” about iDVD on the iLife ‘09 Box. At the Macworld 2009 Keynote , earlier this ... (more) Apple forgets to mention iDVD on the iLife ‘09 Box

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apple-buddy.blogspot.com - 1/30/2009

iLife '09 is in every Mac - now

— apple-buddy.blogspot.com — MacBook $944; MacBook Pro $1,199.99; iMac $1,109.99 Now Ships with iLife '09 (more) iLife '09 is in every Mac - now

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arstechnica.com - 2/9/2009

Some iPhoto '09 features also left in the dust for PowerPC

— arstechnica.com — Last week, we told you about how GarageBand's new "Learn to Play" feature—arguably the most popular feature of the latest version—is actually only compatible with Intel-based Macs . It turns out that iPhoto '09 also has a ... (more) Some iPhoto '09 features also left in the dust for PowerPC

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Apple’s iLife quietly begins move to Intel-only
MacDailyNews — ... MacDailyNews Take: On the other hand, Apple has given owners of PowerPC Macs yet another incentive to upgrade to new Intel-powered Macs. Chartier continues, "The company felt the need to take the much-buzzed new 'Artist Lessons' feature of GarageBand '09 to the side with greener grass. From iLife '09's system requirements section at the Apple Store online: 'GarageBand Learn to Play requires an Intel-based Mac with a dual-core processor or better.'" More in the full article here .

iLife '09 not fully compatible with PowerPC Macs
AppleInsider — ... Published: 10:00 AM EST Apple is slowly dropping PowerPC compatibility with its latest software releases as evidenced by a major new feature of iLife '09 that will function only on Intel-based Macs. Ars Technica points out that GarageBand's Learn to Play, a new section within the music-making software that serves as a digital instructor for a user learning a new instrument, is not officially supported for Macs still running on PowerPC processors. System requirements found on the Apple Store website ...

iLife '09 begins move to Intel-only mainstream software from Apple
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — Filed under: iLife, Software, Apple, Universal BinaryOur friends over at Ars have discovered a potentially foreboding sign concerning the recently shipping iLife '09. Apparently, GarageBand's new Learn to Play feature, in which various recording artists talk about their songs and "teach" you to play them, will not run on PowerPC Macs. In the very fine print of the System Requirements section of the iLife '09 page at the Apple online store you'll find: "GarageBand Learn to Play requires an Intel-based Mac with a ...

Apple Moving iLife to Intel-Only, Putting PowerPC Out to Pasture?
TheAppleBlog — ... It’s not like “Intel-only” is something Mac users haven’t heard before, but this is the first time Apple has applied it to their popular consumer-level media suite, as Ars Technica points out. As someone who’s currently shopping for a gently used 12″ PowerBook G4, which I’m opting for over a new netbook, the news is somewhat disconcerting. Or dis-”concerting”, rather. See what I did there? ...