iMovie08 on a PPC Powerbook G4

iLife ’08 requires Mac OS® X version 10.4.9 or later, a Macintosh® computer with an Intel processor, a PowerPC G5 or PowerPC G4, QuickTime® 7.2 or later, a DVD drive for installation and 3GB of available disk space.

I, too, am still waiting to hear from others that have tried it...

:)Sue

i just ordered iLife 08 and iWork and am nervous about iMovie. Looks like me G4 PowerBook wont run it, but all the other apps will work according to what I've read. I'm a heavy iMovie user and it looks like the timeline is gone along with many other features that an editor needs. I hope I'm wrong!

Here's what happens: The install program simply tells you it will NOT be loading iMovie 8 because you don't have a G5 or an Intel processor. I am quite disappointed by this. I have a dual-1.42 GHz G4, the most-powerful G4 PowerMac ever made. This machine flies, and is faster than many of the G5s according to multiple tests out there.

BUT... Apple is telling me, tough -- we want you to upgrade. But, unfortunately, they have totally BASTDARIZED the iMac -- that new machine, which I saw at the Apple Store yesterday, is UGLY -- completely UGLY.

I am holding out hope that iPhoto 08 turns out to be good. Gonna be messing with it tonight.

Basically , 8-7-07 will go down as the date when Apple "jumped the shark." Hopefully it's not all downhill from here...

This is stupid of Apple to do. You can't run iMovie '08 on a PPC, but you can run Leopard. ***?

Absolute stupidity.
I'm going to buy a new iMac, BUT ONLY after October.
Guess I won't be using iMovie '08 until then.

.....Minimum Requirements to Install All Final Cut Studio Applications
A Macintosh computer with a 1.25GHz or faster PowerPC G4, PowerPC G5, Intel Core Duo, or Intel Xeon processor
1GB of RAM
An AGP or PCI Express Quartz Extreme graphics card (Final Cut Studio is not compatible with integrated Intel graphics processors)
A display with 1024-by-768 resolution or higher
Mac OS X v10.4.9 or later
QuickTime 7.1.6 or later
A DVD drive for installation.....

It seems as if final cut isn't as hungry for power as iMovie is.
If my G4 could hold some more ram i could smoke the Mac Mini for sure. Well before that Core 2 Duo update. Too bad i can't walk into a store and upgrade my video card at will, or my super drive. So much for the most advanced OS on the planet. By the way they dropped the Apple logo off of the keyboard. Does this mean merger with another company. Microsuck. Google. Samsung. Or maybe Leopard for any old PC. Just babbling. I suppose when the new iLife comes in the mail I'll just send it back even though i have two Insmell Macs, I'm not paying for something i can't use on my G4. Farewell iLife till i upgrade to Nehalem & a redesigned MacPro. Also farewell to my previously planned Leopard purchase, i'll get them all with one purchase of a Mac.