You've tried it... is it worth upgrading from 08 to 09?

Is there enough to justify it?

If you are editing and exporting HD then I would definitely NOT upgrade just yet. There is a huge bug while exporting HD video at the moment.
There is a thread on this issue:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1884912&tstart=15
That has over 2200 views, and 113 posts.
I've used it and there are some really cool features in iMovie '09. As soon as they fix the exporting issue I will definitely use it more. But for now, since I edit mostly HD footage, it has almost no use for me.
I just hope Apple hurries up and fixes the issue...

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You'vetried it.. is it worth upgrading form 08 to 09 ?

The main things I felt were very weak in 08:
- very limited resolution when exporting
- very limited audio functionality (really have to export to GarageBand for any audio support)

Well there are improvements here too. You can now create a playlist for a slideshow in iPhoto, there’s no need to do that in iTunes anymore. The slideshow feature is just that, a slideshow. I don’t see Apple adding sound editing features to iPhoto, it’s just not what the app is about. Look at it this way, they have had 9 iterations of the app and haven’t added layer based editing or the ability to ruin a photo by adding text on top of it. Why? Because iPhoto is firmly focussed on post processing pics from a camera. Want to add content? Then use another app.
You sound to me like someone who’s reached the limit of iPhoto and might want to consider other possibilities. IF you’re serious about making movies from your shots then other apps are, frankly, better at this. Imovie is worth looking at. PhotoToMovie is an excellent app for the price. If you’re seriously cutting against music, crossfading tracks and so on, then you need a more powerful application - check out Final Cut Express. Up to 99 video and audio tracks at a time! Effects and so on.
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I originally got into Logic using Express at version 7/8, but there really are a good set of features that have been introduced in 9 that are genuinely useful to most people.
Features are only 'must have' if you think you need them for a specific purpose - the improvements are pretty basic, but enable you to work better - bouncing in place, creating a new sampler instrument from an audio region, for example, are great ways of doing what I want in a pretty more efficient way than I used to.

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You can always upgrade the internal HD, if you don't want to do it you would need to take it in to an Apple Authorized Service Provider (AASP), NOT an Apple store as they won't do it. It is a pretty easy process though that users do regularly and I believe OWC even has video's showing how to do it.
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harshaldamle wrote:
It seems from the user reviews that no one is happy after they have upgraded to IOS 7 versions from 6.1.3 on Iphone 4S.
What user reviews? If speaking of the posts in these user to user technical support forums, they are NOT reviews. These forums are like an emergency room, people generally come here only when they have problems. No intelligent human beign would base their decision to update or not on the postings here.
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harshaldamle wrote:
Your feedback is much appreciated.
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