“Many people have a technological tipping point. That’s the point where software, iLife ’09 for example, becomes so compelling that it can persuade one to give up personal, specialized, or UNIX geeky ways of doing things and just throw one’s entire weight behind a product. iLife ’09 did that for me with iPhoto and iWeb,” John Martellaro writes for The Mac Observer.

“Sometimes, especially when one has been using computers in a UNIX environment for a long time, he or she will develop ways of doing things that grant great liberty and flexibility,” Martellaro writes. “As a result, when a package like iLife comes along, an initial inspection may reveal that Apple has imposed its own way of doing things, flexibility is restricted, and other tools or methods remain useful, indeed hardly replaced by Apple.”

Martellaro writes, “In my study of iPhoto ’09 and iWeb ’09, I have reached that tipping point.”

“The changes in these two apps, iPhoto and iWeb, are sufficient to justify the price of the upgrade if the plan is to get photos better organized, get more enjoyment out of them, and more easily organize them onto the Internet,” Martellaro writes. “For those who never engaged this suite of apps before, now is the time – before the further features might overwhelm. For those who’ve been along for the ride all along, the upgrade is worth the money, just based on these two apps.”

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