just a small little wording, iLife version 7
Application About Boxes could also say, iMovie 7 part of iLife version 7
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Mac OS X Leopard, iLife, and iWork Coming in June 2007?
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just a small little wording, iLife version 7
Application About Boxes could also say, iMovie 7 part of iLife version 7
Well the current versions are white boxes, the new ones boxes would have Leopard-esque goodness. I guess they could call it iLife: Leopard Edition for the online sites, but they could leave the "Leopard Edition" off the front of the packaging by just making it Leopard-esque.
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Hmmm..not that I can recall...AppleWorks did, but that didn't necessarily come with all Macs....
GraphicConverter is good for simple image creation/manipulation.
Only problem is, the iLife apps are at different version numbers (iTunes 7, iPhoto 6, iMovie HD 6, iDVD 6, GarageBand 3, iWeb 1). This is why Apple has refrained from using the term "version" with iLife, because it conflicts with the individual app's version numbers.
Pretend your ordering it over the phone. What would you call it?
Personally, "iLife Leopard" doesn't bother me. (It seems to be the most logical solution).
Yes, not the most appealing names in the least.Ugghhh..."iLife Leopard" and "iWork Leopard"? Someone help them choose better names!
My bet is on iLife 7 or iLife 2007.
in May June so it is okay for me.
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I had my money on June as well but the idea of releasing Leopard in June with "much more to come than any of the developer builds have led on" scares the heck out of me. With only 3 months to go and developer builds supposedly not being too hot are we seriously expecting additional "big" features that will have been fully tested before release? If the answer is yes then I'm seriously going to be reconsidering buying this version until the first few updates are out. Normally I'd be an early adopter but given the issues I had with Tiger at release and what appeared to be much more open development/testing I'd be very wary of installing Leopard on my day-to-day machine in case something nasty happens. This is a considerable shame because I'm dying to get my hands on Xcode 3 and Objective-C 2...
I had my money on June as well but the idea of releasing Leopard in June with "much more to come than any of the developer builds have led on" scares the heck out of me. With only 3 months to go and developer builds supposedly not being too hot are we seriously expecting additional "big" features that will have been fully tested before release? If the answer is yes then I'm seriously going to be reconsidering buying this version until the first few updates are out. Normally I'd be an early adopter but given the issues I had with Tiger at release and what appeared to be much more open development/testing I'd be very wary of installing Leopard on my day-to-day machine in case something nasty happens. This is a considerable shame because I'm dying to get my hands on Xcode 3 and Objective-C 2...
personally, i was all whatever about the big cat "code-names"... no big deal, they're just "code-names"... untill of course the big cat code-names stuck like hot gum on a tennis shoe, and even Apple started (and continues) to present these code-names as reverent... ok ok, sure it's more creative, and very Apple-like, to name products instead of number them, 'cause "Leopard" is less confusing to consumers than "Mac OS 10.5"... but for serious, those big cat names have been around long enough and have got to go... honestly Apple...
why stop at renaming the iLife Suite... i hope one of the unexpected surprises of "Leopard" is a name change...
why stop at renaming the iLife Suite... i hope one of the unexpected surprises of "Leopard" is a name change...
I have the same concerns some others have listed here. Seeing that the latest developer seed is not stable, it seems pretty optimistic that they'll be able to have this thing on shelves in 10 weeks.
At least we now have a timeframe for the iLife and iWork suites.
Come on Apple, I'm getting tired of using TextEdit.
Come on Apple, I'm getting tired of using TextEdit.
I'm getting a sense of deja vu here. Go back and look at this thread from 2005 which suggested in mid-March that Tiger would be announced in April. There are countless nay-sayers saying that there hasn't been a big ramp up in developer seeds yet, that the developer seeds aren't stable yet and so on. Yet, on 12 April, Apple announced Tiger would come out on 29 April and the sky didn't fall in.
More likely it's just that they don't have as much new material to cover and don't want to be tied to annual fluff releases when they don't have anything new to release. Now they can synchronize the release with OS development to keep up with the latest features for OS integration. Many companies do clustered releases this way (Microsoft and Adobe in particular).
Same way you identify the version on OS X boxes--look at the text on the side.
A weak counterargument; all kinds of other suites have uneven version numbers (MS Office, Adobe Creative Suite, Macromedia sets, Mozilla suite) with a separate version number for the collection as a whole. You used to be able to order "Office 6" which had Word 6, Excel 5, and PowerPoint 3 in it.
iLife? Once they replace them each year, there's only one for sale. If you wanted to order a back version, you would specify it, I'd imagine.Pretend your ordering it over the phone. What would you call it?
Just as OS X 10.5 will be called "Leopard" by everyone in the know, whatever these suites ultimately come to be called, if they really are going to be tied to the OS version, will probably also be called "iLife Leopard." The official version identifier isn't too important.
But Microsoft changed that, didn't they? I wonder why.
Good point, but I think my point was somewhat lost. Calling the next release of the iLife suite just "iLife" would be like calling the Adobe Creative Suite just "Creative Suite" without any version identifier.
What if a new mac user wanted to get on MacRumors and ask for help? ...If the name was simply "iLife" there would be no way to identify which version the poster was using, and when asked, they wouldn't even know what to call it, other than just "iLife."
iLife needs a version identifier, and since iLife version 8 would probably be a bad idea, and since the year is out of the question, "Leopard" seems to be the best option.
I think a version identifier is important, whether its year or not. there are some shady sales people out there, like it or not, just hoping to slide some old wares off. everyone here reading this forum is in the know, but what about everyone else. its kind of like the parents who need a new cell phone, go buy one, were told it was pretty great model. they get home, 'how much did you pay for that? ohh, no.' i'm in no way saying this is the sole reason for a version identifier either, just one of many.
Ugghhh......here we go again.
I couldn't wait anymore, I ordered my MacPro yesterday.
That is a mistake. Can't you just wait for another two or three months for OX 10.5 and a faster/better macbook pro? That's what I'm going to do. Wait and wait.
This is just killing me, all this hype with no out come. I want to switch back to OS 9 and forget it all.
This is just killing me, all this hype with no out come. I want to switch back to OS 9 and forget it all.
yeah right!