Getting Leopard or iLife?

Ok. So I have been pondering about whether or not to get Leopard or iLife 08. I have enough money for both and if they are both worth it I'll get them, but if it people are vastly swayed one way, well then I trust your opinions. Thanks a lot.

If you want the honest truth...
No, you don't need them, a new OS is nice with it's bells and whistles, but at the end of the day, its there to enable u to achieve tasks. And I don't think that Leopard really allows u to do anything that you couldn't do before.
The same can be said for iLife 08. It organizes things a little differently, which for some people is better, for some people is worse, but doesn't give u anything amazing that you couldn't do before!
I was stupid, and bought into the hype. I think these updates are only worth it if u buy a new computer and get them free preinstalled. As Walt Mosburg and many others have said, this is evolutionary, not revolutionary. And at the end of the day, they are only updates.
For a good example, look at Vista (oh no, curse of satan MS!!!). Many people realised that at the end of the day, they weren't getting any increased productivity, or time saving features with it. Some aspects were more snappy, especially with ReadyBoost. but was it worth it? when with Xp u can do everything u need? No. And thats why u can still now buy PCs with XP, not Vista.
Leopard is a little different because the changes to the end user are so minimal and performance it barely effected by running it.
I have used Ubuntu with Beryl on my old PC when Vista came out. Those were some amazing effects that are way more advanced than anything leopard has to offer. And that ran on my old 1.8GHz Dothan CPU notebook. But I realized, for all the fancy effects, I got no extra functionality, just cool effects! So I would recommend u to use your money on hardware upgrades, or just new hardware.
For the same money u can buy these 2 updates,u can buy 1TB of HDD space, and external cases to put them in.
which is more valuable?
That is for you to decide.

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Joseph Kriz wrote:
Nero,
I will always remember you, Tiny Tim, and mik311y..........
I still say the point system here stinks........
My personal opinion........
I really wish they would fix it or do away with it....
A simple thanks for the help would do it for me rather than these misguided points...
It's not like Apple is giving away computers when a person hits 50,000 points....
So, really, what good is the point system when the points are NOT given out properly........?????
Happy Holidays and you take care.........
The other dupe is gone. Wonder what would have happened if I got the star on that post? Easy come, easy go?
I was not here for the original post system, wherein if I simply posted, "what a great day" I would get points for no reason at all except that I typed something. You certainly would not want that, would you?
When you see people with zillions of credits, look at the date they registered. Most were here when the credits flowed like green beer on St. Pat's day on Brody Mountain.
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In the long run we are all dead, so said some old dead brit economist.
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