What is it, where did it come from, and can I get rid of it?

Hi, I am hoteling in an open seat in our studio and this imac has idvd and imovie installed but no one knows how it got there (admin went south for the winter) and I am a FCP Studio user creating projects with that and know DVDSP inside and out. So can I blow these apps away and not harm the system? Or is there any other reason i might want these apps? thanks!

Well, iLife itself is optional, so if you really don't have the need for its applications and will not want to buy them in the future....you CAN delete them without 'breaking' anything.
Although the creating, editing etc can be done on an external drive, the actual applications must reside on the internal drive of your computer. If recovering the drive space is more important than having iMovie, iDVD (and probably iPhoto, iWeb and Garage Band as well) available, you will not cause yourself any problems other than no longer having these applications available.
If you do not need or want them, go ahead and delete them.

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