[peeb]

OK, so it doesn't run. But what if I buy iLife 08, and don't have iMovie installed already? Does it do nothing, or install iMovie 06?

[dru]

From what I've read it'll tell you iMove 08 won't be installed.

[peeb]

So if I'm upgrading from 05 to 08, I'll get no iMovie?

[analogue SPRINKLES]

Originally Posted by peeb 

So if I'm upgrading from 05 to 08, I'll get no iMovie?

That would make the most sense.

[Art Vandelay]

iLife '08 users can download iMovie HD 6 from Apple.

Apple - Support - Downloads - iMovie HD 6

[peeb]

Cool.

[jpa]

I have a G4 and installed this morning, iLife08, it guided me through without installing iMovie08.
I updated right away and all works perfect. So I cant say anything bad even thought it is somewhat of a disapointement to see that I cant use iMovie08 which seems like the best addition to the iLife suite!

Take care

JP

[King Bob On The Cob]

Unless they stripped out the PPC non-64 bit stuff from the executable, I'd give it 4 days until iMovie '08 is "running" on a G4.

[peeb]

Walking, maybe.

[jpa]

Really??? King B O T C
sorry I'm too uneducated to get the most of your comment!! but what do you mean? Apple would release and update for that? or one could find a hack to do that????

[peeb]

A hack.

[jpa]

peeb.... the G4 would be too slow for iMovie08?? I've got 2GB of ram on it!!! still too slow???

[jpa]

peeb... where could I look for that? is that really illegal and complicated to implement???

[peeb]

The G4 is too slow. In theory you could install it, if you could hijack the installer, which wouldn't be too hard. I don't know that anyone has done it, or if they even would, because it would not be usable anyway.

[jpa]

Thanks that's usefull!!! so I just give up the idea!

[King Bob On The Cob]

Yea, if you install it there's about 4 checks in the program from what I see. It will launch and tell you that you can not run it, so they did not cut out the PPC32 part of the fat binary from what I can tell. (If it did not exist, it would simply fail upon launch with a Mach-O failure). Now that I've seen it run on a G5, though, I would not want to try and run it on a G4. I'm sure it is technically possible, but it would be rather painful.

[Kevin]

Apple is a hardware company folks. Their software will after a few years REQUIRE higher end. Not because they could actually make it work decently, but because they need them computer sales.

While this is not the ONLY reason, it is A reason Apple does this.