Ben Sillis reports for Electricpig, “Take a look at this official picture of the Mac App Store, headed to OS X in the new few months. Look a little closer. If we’re not mistaken, it’s stocking the individual iLife apps – iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand – and offering them for sale separately.”
“Want iPhoto but don’t need GarageBand? Now it looks like you might not have to fork out for the whole £45 [US$49] pricetag of iLife 11 to get it,” Sillis reports.
MacDailyNews Take: Whole $49 pricetag? Puleeze. The value iLife delivers for $49 is incredible. That said, consumer choice trumps bundling every time.
Sillis reports, “This screenshot shows iPhoto, iMove and GarageBand all as individual downloads, priced at $14.99 each (around £9.50).”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: If Apple will be offering iLife apps separately, that is a very good thing. It makes sense as it’s exactly what they’ve done with iWork for the iPad (Pages, Numbers and Keynote for $9.99 each). We are always in favor of letting the customer decide vs. bundling of any kind.
This gives (for those of us who use it) HOPE that there will be a REAL update for iWeb available soon.
PLUS+ wouldnt it be grand if they offered another tool called: iApp
App designing “for the rest of us”
hmmmm….. that could be a winner!
This gives (for those of us who use it) HOPE that there will be a REAL update for iWeb available soon.
PLUS+ wouldnt it be grand if they offered another tool called: iApp
App designing “for the rest of us”
hmmmm….. that could be a winner!
Very interesting.
I think that they’re also doing this to demonstrate a low pricing model. What Apple has done for software over the past few years is incredible.
Low prices, innovation, developers getting to develop and not worry about distribution, simplicity, security, ease-of-use for the consumer.
It’s wonderful that this is coming to the Mac.
Very interesting.
I think that they’re also doing this to demonstrate a low pricing model. What Apple has done for software over the past few years is incredible.
Low prices, innovation, developers getting to develop and not worry about distribution, simplicity, security, ease-of-use for the consumer.
It’s wonderful that this is coming to the Mac.
On another note, I love that the Mac App store is it’s own separate storefront. Enough with cramming everything into iTunes.
I think that Apple has an opportunity here to unbundle some of iTunes: make the iTunes store separate, Ping web-based, iOS sync a separate lean pop-up when you plug in a device, etc.
But I think I’m dreaming.
On another note, I love that the Mac App store is it’s own separate storefront. Enough with cramming everything into iTunes.
I think that Apple has an opportunity here to unbundle some of iTunes: make the iTunes store separate, Ping web-based, iOS sync a separate lean pop-up when you plug in a device, etc.
But I think I’m dreaming.
Great news.
Have no need for crappy iMovie and since I’m not a musician – no need for GarageBand.
Great news.
Have no need for crappy iMovie and since I’m not a musician – no need for GarageBand.
the “iMove”, is it like a Segway?
the “iMove”, is it like a Segway?
That would be nice…I don’t think I’ve ever even opened Garage Band. I will NEVER need it.
That would be nice…I don’t think I’ve ever even opened Garage Band. I will NEVER need it.
Great I only have need for iWeb, oh shit its not there. This is getting concerning.
Great I only have need for iWeb, oh shit its not there. This is getting concerning.
I am shocked at the comments of cost. Its $49 people! Jumping Jeezuz! If software existed like this ten years ago you’d paying ten times that! Lets keep the whinging and whining to over $100 purchases please! Whaaaa!!!
I am shocked at the comments of cost. Its $49 people! Jumping Jeezuz! If software existed like this ten years ago you’d paying ten times that! Lets keep the whinging and whining to over $100 purchases please! Whaaaa!!!
Good news. One of the reasons I pirate stuff is because I don’t want everything I just want one. If I can buy just what I want I will.
Just like albums. I have no issue paying a buck or so for a song but if I have to buy the whole album I will download it
Good news. One of the reasons I pirate stuff is because I don’t want everything I just want one. If I can buy just what I want I will.
Just like albums. I have no issue paying a buck or so for a song but if I have to buy the whole album I will download it
I have no problem with the $49 price… But I NEVER use iPhoto and use iMovie very rarely. It will be nice to be able to just get GarageBand.
I have no problem with the $49 price… But I NEVER use iPhoto and use iMovie very rarely. It will be nice to be able to just get GarageBand.
I never use garage Band or iWeb, so it makes a lot of since for me (if iWork is going to be sold separately).
I never use garage Band or iWeb, so it makes a lot of since for me (if iWork is going to be sold separately).
Apps are bundles in and of themselves…I don’t use half of Pages functions at least.
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One of the few downsides of the iTunes App Store is that it has allowed the cheapskates of the world to dominate the market for mobile apps; and this mindset (that all apps should be either free or really, really cheap) can easily contaminate the market for serious desktop applications, especially as OS X begins to look more and more like Apple’s iOS for mobile devices. The notion that the iLife suite is “expensive” at a retail price of $49 is, of course, ludicrous. Time will tell how all of this plays out in the marketplace. One thing’s for sure: the Mac App Store is going to change the software industry in a very big way.