[wplug] Off Topic: Panther and iDVD

[Keir Josephson]

I believe that Apple only includes iDVD if you purchased a Mac with a 
DVD burner. However, if the burner that you bought was made by Apple, 
you may be entitled to iDVD at no extra charge.

-Keir

On Jan 2, 2004, at 10:14 PM, Beth Lynn wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I know this isn't the macosx users group but I know some of you
> are mac users too so maybe you can help me out.
>
> I desperately want to put my iMovie projects onto DVDs.
>
> Since my G3 ibook didn't come with a dvd burner I ran out to a compusa
> and picked up an external dvd burner. With much anticipation I 
> attempted
> futilely to make a DVD with iMovie. After hours of frustration, I found
> out that iDVD is apparently the program I need however it was not 
> defaulty
> installed on my Mac.
>
> My system shipped with Jaguar. I've used the software update several
> times so at this point I am running 10.2.5 with iMovie 3.
>
> I was hoping that iDVD was shipped one of those disks that I got with 
> my
> system, however I haven't had any luck. What I have is a set of restore
> disks but it doesn't seem to allow me to select individual 
> applications.
> I also have a copy of Jaguar that came with the iBook but it seems to
> be yet another restore disk.
>
>> From my visit to apple.com, it is my understanding that I may *update*
> a pre-existing copy of iDVD for free but if I want a full version, I
> must buy iLife. Buying iLife seems pretty dumb since I don't want to
> pay $50 when I already have the other components of iLife. grrrr.
>
> I have three, well really four questions
>
> 1. Does anyone know if the Jaguar (non-eom) media includes a copy of 
> iDVD?
> (If so, may I borrow it for someone?)
>
> 2. Does anyone know if the Panther media includes a copy of iDVD?
> (If so, this may be an excellent excuse for me to upgrade)
>
> 3. Does anyone have any other ideas?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Beth Lynn
>
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