i got my copy of idvd from a friend who bought an ibook and had had idvd and ilife bundled with it, he had no use for it, so he gave it to me.
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Mhm, Caught them... iDvd lying scum at apple
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i got my copy of idvd from a friend who bought an ibook and had had idvd and ilife bundled with it, he had no use for it, so he gave it to me.
Thanks for the info guys. It looks like Apple has started distributing it a little more widely lately, especially to pro machines.
The single restore image for a product line sort of makes sense, especially when the majority of the default configs now have Superdrives (3 of 5 AlBooks, all G5s).
The single restore image for a product line sort of makes sense, especially when the majority of the default configs now have Superdrives (3 of 5 AlBooks, all G5s).
That's not quite true, as the September PowerBooks include iDVD even on the non-SuperDrive machines.
Wait though, what if I had iDVD on jaguar when my machine first shipped like a month ago, and now I have jaguar and have since lost the app. Can I somehow get that ol' iDVD back to panther?
any computer model apple makes that has a superdrive available idvd will be on it, just so they can have the same disc images no matter which model you are buying. that means powerbooks, powermacs, emacs and imacs will have idvd on them, even if you ordered a combo drive on your specific model. this is why ibooks do not come with idvd, its because there isnt any ibook model that you can get a superdrive. the reason some people's ibooks near january came with ilife wasnt because of idvd, but apple just put ilife into every box that hadnt shipped out and didnt have ilife preinstalled on the hard drive.
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Apple never ever claimed that Panther would include iDVD 3. This is a totally separate issue from not allowing people to download it. Connecting the two is a real leap of logic.
Don't forget, the $49 iLife is ALL of the products, not just iDVD. You're upset that they aren't offering iDVD by itself for less money. They can distribute however they see fit; you are turning your self-generated expectations into a criticism of Apple's decision. $49 is a steal for a good, basic DVD authoring program.
Steve was not a liar, they don't want to spend bandwidth on thousands of GB downloads, would you?
Don't forget, the $49 iLife is ALL of the products, not just iDVD. You're upset that they aren't offering iDVD by itself for less money. They can distribute however they see fit; you are turning your self-generated expectations into a criticism of Apple's decision. $49 is a steal for a good, basic DVD authoring program.
Steve was not a liar, they don't want to spend bandwidth on thousands of GB downloads, would you?