Snow Leopard and iLife 09 Question

Hello,
I apologize that this may be an extremely naive question.
I have Leopard 10.5.6 and iLife 08. I was planning on upgrading to iLife 09. My naive question is this.
Would it be advantageous to wait until Snow Leopard comes out and upgrade everything then? I want to do the most economical move - so if waiting and upgrading later in the year (maybe) and get both, or because one is a OS and one is application it doesn't really matter so just upgrade now with iLife 09 and then upgrade the OS later whenever it may happen.
I apologize if that question is not even correct. Please correct me though so I know better!!
Thanks!

Hi,
in my opinion the only reason for waiting that would make sense, is when you're planning to buy a new Mac after Snow Leopard's release. That's because you always get the latest versions of OS X and iLife included with the Mac. If that is not the case, then you can get iLife '09 now, later or never depending on your need for it. If you like to have the new features then why not get it now. If they're not important for you, that's ok too.
Björn

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