iMovie to Receive Update and Move Online?
In a Computerworld blog entry, Seth Weintraub of 9to5Mac follows up on yesterday's rumor of iWork becoming a suite of web-based applications with a new report regarding a similar update to iMovie due at Macworld next week.
Weintraub specifically points to several benefits of integrating iMovie into MobileMe's "cloud":
Weintraub seems uncertain if this move means that iMovie (or iWork) will become a web application only or if the "cloud" component is simply an add-on to the native Mac versions. From a practical standpoint, it would seem that for high definition video, the Mac version would remain as it currently is.
Weintraub specifically points to several benefits of integrating iMovie into MobileMe's "cloud":
iMovie in the Cloud would also offer users the ability to easily view their movies on iPod Touches or iPhones. If the application is entirely Web based, it means that potential customers include the "other 90%" of users who use Windows.
The release of iMovie '08 in August 2007 received a number of complaints that ultimately resulted in Apple offering purchasers of iLife '08 the ability to download the previous version, iMovie HD 6, free of charge.Weintraub seems uncertain if this move means that iMovie (or iWork) will become a web application only or if the "cloud" component is simply an add-on to the native Mac versions. From a practical standpoint, it would seem that for high definition video, the Mac version would remain as it currently is.
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41 months ago
whoa... that would require immense server processing and hdd storage if it were all in the cloud!
41 months ago
If iWork is going into the cloud and now iMovie it would be safe to assume that the whole iLife suite will be in the cloud too. I wonder if this is a precursor to a stripped down new mini for accessing it.
41 months ago
They can barely get web-based e-mail and calendars right....I can see a web based iMovie sucking really, really hard.
41 months ago
more likely the stripped down netbook/tablet. Surely this is what Snow Leopard is really about, getting os x onto light, low power devices that can access the web
41 months ago
Interesting....I'm not sure I would use iMovie in "the cloud"...doesn't seem like it would be as fast as an actual desktop application. But if iPhoto was there, I would use that. Is it even possible to have a way to import photos from a camera to a webapp?
41 months ago
the problem is if theyre serious about online movie editing they'd basically have to give every editor theyre own dedicated quad core server, not to mention bandwith and so on, i think the idea of iwork in the cloud is great but imovie, hmmm :rolleyes:
41 months ago
whoa... that would require immense server processing and hdd storage if it were all in the cloud!
Not to mention on our side, do we really want to upload GB's of video data?
By the way, if 9to5Mac is correct and this is where Apple is going with iLife in the future — what's the point of owning a Mac?
If I can get all of Apple's applications on Windows, I might pick up that $1000 Dell with Quad-core processors instead of an iMac.
The iLife suite has always been the biggest selling point for me. So much so, I returned to Mac in 2002 because of it (iDVD).
I understood iTunes for PC. However, this doesn't make much sense unless Apple is transitioning into a "services" company.
41 months ago
all well and good until your net connection goes, not a good idea unless they still release a normal iLife09 you can install and use locally
I could see them having a web based "portion" of iLife/iWork but not all online, considering some people can only get 512-kb broadband in the UK
I could see them having a web based "portion" of iLife/iWork but not all online, considering some people can only get 512-kb broadband in the UK
41 months ago
How about they give me iMovie 06 back since 08 is complete garbage :mad:
They did...iMovie HD 6 is a free download for iMovie '08 users. Just search it up on google, and download it.
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