Do the iLife apps matter?

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ckd on 2004/01/10:

  „Mike Kozlowski writes in Unmistakable Marks (via Electrolite): I've never edited a movie in my life, never mastered a video DVD, and never even considered making a multi-track music recording. Neither have you, if I might be permitted to play...“

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Do the iLife apps matter?

  „UPDATE 2004-01-11 02:02: Mike Kozlowski has updated his comments (pointing both to the Electrolite post and this as well ) and is now more clearly saying that he thinks the "content creation" focus is sapping energy they could be using for more "integration of the computer with digital media devices" (a list which includes cell phones and PDAs, which are nicely supported by iSync ; cameras, handled by iPhoto ; and iPods, handled by iTunes . The only devices on his list not already having an iApp are TVs and stereos...but my PowerBook already has audio and S-Video out!)“

Found at a page of ckd, posted on 2004/01/10

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iLife erases the Consumer Producer divide

  „Mike Kozlowski, in this post makes an interesting distinction between Apple's iLife applications that organize media (iTunes and iPhoto) and those that produce media, iMovie, iDVD, and now, GarageBand. He extends that distinction, effectivey, to one between consumers and producers. He goes on to point out what he thinks is an erroneous assumption on Apple's part:“

Found at a page of Lisa, posted on 2004/01/11

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Unmistakable Marks

  „Apple apparently missed that nuance, though, because they proceeded to enhance their newly-dubbed iLife suite with things like iMovie (a consumer-level film-editing program), iDVD (a consumer-level DVD-mastering tool), and now GarageBand (a consumer-level multi-track mixer and MIDI sequencer, apparently).“

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What "real people" do and don't do.

  „I’ve never edited a movie in my life, never mastered a video DVD, and never even considered making a multi-track music recording. Neither have you, if I might be permitted to play the odds here. By aiming its media tools at creators instead of consumers, Apple is either confusing Jobs’ Pixar coworkers and celebrity friends for normal people, or deciding that its long-time 5% market-share is too big.“

Found at a page of Patrick Nielsen Hayden, posted on 2004/01/10

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