maybe a stupid question (when will iLife '06 be standard?)

[nickknocker]

but i dont want any stupid answers

when will iLife '06 be standard on new iBooks instead of just iLife '05? It's probably not that huge of a difference since i might never use iWeb, but I'd still like to know...

oh and sorry if this is covered somewhere else, i searched... but im a lazy searcher haha

 

[PlaceofDis]

it is now. just check the iBook page on the Apple Store website. its listed as included.

 

[p0intblank]

You'd think they would include it now, but I guess that is not the case. Expect iLife '06 to be bundled with the MacBook (aka Intel iBook) when it is released. As for being different, I haven't used iLife '06 yet, but from what I have seen it is a big upgrade over '05, especially in the iPhoto and iDVD departments. Full screen editing in iPhoto and widescreen menus in iDVD are big upgrades for me.

Edit: Ah, so it is included. Apple needs to update the official iBook page then.

 

[yellow]

oh and sorry if this is covered somewhere else, i searched... but im a lazy searcher haha

Ha-ha-ha that's not funny. It's lame.

 

[cnakeitaro]

but i dont want any stupid answers

when will iLife '06 be standard on new iBooks instead of just iLife '05? It's probably not that huge of a difference since i might never use iWeb, but I'd still like to know...

oh and sorry if this is covered somewhere else, i searched... but im a lazy searcher haha

iLife comes standard with all iBooks. Although all current iBook G4's ship with iLife'05, all the new iBooks will come with iLife'06. Although if you buy a iBook G4 you can update to the next version of iLife for $9.95.

 

[EHUnlucky7x9@ao]

The new powerbooks in the apple store come with iLife 06' too. I had purchased a 12" 1.5 Ghz Powerbook for my aunt. I took it home so I can charge it up and have it all set up for her when she stopped by to pick it up, and when I opened the box, iLife 06' was bundled in the software discs. So, it's not just limited to the iBooks. maybe they are included in all the machines at the apple store...

 

[CanadaRAM]

iLife comes in the box with iMac Intels that are shipping now.

 

[26139]

Clear this up...

As soon as an upgrade to bundled software is released, all the Macs sold on or after that day will at LEAST receive a stand alone copy of the program. All Macs MANUFACTURED after that date will come with the updated software preloaded.

Make sense?

 

[redeye be]

As soon as an upgrade to bundled software is released, all the Macs sold on or after that day will at LEAST receive a stand alone copy of the program. All Macs MANUFACTURED after that date will come with the updated software preloaded.

Make sense?

Not really... the "receive" should be "will be able to buy a cheap version of"

http://www.apple.com/ilife/uptodate/
They make you pay.

 

[powerbook911]

iLife comes in the box with iMac Intels that are shipping now.

True, but inside the Mac. There is not a separate iLife disk. It is all part of the bundled software, so evidently iLife '06 was finished, when they began boxing the new iMacs.

 

[mduser63]

Not really... the "receive" should be "will be able to buy a cheap version of"

http://www.apple.com/ilife/uptodate/
They make you pay.

I didn't have to pay when I bought my Power Mac G5 and it didn't come with iLife '05 because it was old stock. The up-to-date program had even expired by the time I bought it. I called Apple up and they sent me a full-retail boxed version of iLife '05 at no charge.

 

[Glen Quagmire]

My Mac Mini (arrived yesterday - my first Mac - yay!) came with iLife '05 *and* '06. '05 was already installed, '06 came on DVD along with a paper manual.

I ordered the mini the Thursday after Steve's keynote address.

I'd say, therefore, that iLife '06 is already standard and has been for two weeks.

 

[26139]

True, but...

Not really... the "receive" should be "will be able to buy a cheap version of"

http://www.apple.com/ilife/uptodate/
They make you pay.

Usually only third party retailers do not have the iLife '06 discs in stock right away. Every time an installed app has been upgraded, the Apple Stores I have worked at included the upgrade disc.

 

[solvs]

but i dont want any stupid answers

Then are you in the wrong place. Seriously though, why do you ask? If you are planning on buying a new iBook directly from the Apple Store, it will have '06 included. If you buy from somewhere else, it may or may not depending on when it was shipped out from the factory. If it doesn't, you can contact Apple and they will usually charge you shipping and handling to send you the new disks.

And yes, this has been covered here before. Many a time. Many.