[RndTbl] OS X tips

[Brian Doob]

I use Apple GarageBand extensively, and it is *very* good. I think I'd  
call it "category leading", but it's a little tricky to define its  
category. It's a highlight of iLife for anyone who does audio editing,  
post-production sound mixing or computer music creation.

			-Brian

On 2009-December-16, at 11:59 PM, Adam Thompson wrote:

>>>> So there is also one being sold for $200?
>>> http://store.apple.com/ca/product/MC209Z/A
>>> It does also include iLife and iWork.
>>
>> 	I wonder if it's the full versions... 10.4 had demo versions
>> of some of the products.
>
> Yes, the $200 package includes the full versions of (AFAIK) iLife  
> and iWork
> '09.
>
>> As demos I found them to be pretty
>> useless.
>
> As full versions, I found them to be pretty useless :-)
>
> Well, that's not true.  iPhoto is actually quite a well-done app, as  
> long as
> you understand its scope: it's not *supposed* to replace PhotoShop or
> LightRoom.
>
>> What's more I find demands for money for things I probably
>> won't use to be quite offensive.
>
> Well, that's why you bought the $35 upgrade instead of the $200  
> package,
> right?
>
>> There are a number of pretty good
>> free products out there. Nowhere near the number of items as there
>> is for Linux mind you but there are some good ones out there. I
>> mean, why use M$ Word when there is NeoOffice... I've installed the
>> Perian Codec package, Gimp (I think it wants a new version), Simply
>> Burns, VLC, NeoOffice (naturally) and a couple of others. Anyhow...
>> Since I don't use iLife and iWork (same as most people I think)
>> there is no need to pay for it.
>
> I don't know many people who use iWork.  I tried for most of a year,  
> and
> disliked (most of) the products quite intensely.  Pages is NOT a  
> competitor
> to Microsoft Word, it's a competitor to Microsoft Publisher.  I  
> think Apple
> is flat-out lying when they call it a word processor.  I don't know  
> WHAT
> Numbers is supposed to be... some bizarre cross between Publisher  
> and Excel,
> I suppose.  Keynote, on the other hand, is actually a pretty decent  
> product.
> It's not quite as powerful as PowerPoint, but it's infinitely easier  
> to use
> (and prettier) for relatively simple presentations.  I don't care if  
> my
> spreadsheet is pretty or not, but I'll grant that it actually is a  
> relevant
> concern for slide presentations.
>
> Much like iWork, iLife also rests on the strength of one application:
> iPhoto.  It's generally a category-leading application at any given  
> point in
> time, although everyone else usually catches up pretty quickly.   
> iMovie was
> good, then they crippled it, not sure why.  (Maybe it was eating into
> FinalCut sales?)  GarageBand, um... dunno.  It sure didn't do  
> anything for
> me.  And iWeb - the less said, the better.  I created one site in  
> iWeb...
> again, it seems to be something that competes head-to-head with  
> Microsoft
> Publisher, but this time there's no File->Print option :-).
>
> -Adam
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