Existing users, 
This iteration of iPhoto, while having a number of new 'gee whiz' features -- also suffers from the great 'dumbing down' that other users are complaining about with iMovie and iDVD.
My gripes are here:
http://expatleo.wordpress.com/2007/08/28/iphoto-7-drops-n-up-printing-as-a-feature-dumb/
I also list the workarounds to get around this so-called 'enhancement'.
C'mon Apple. Bring back N-Up and real contact sheets.
I would give iPhoto 6 4.5 stars, and at this point recommend it over iPhoto 7.0x for at least the next couple months.
I'm currently using iPhoto 7, but am annoyed that at least 50% of the time I have to jump thru hoops like those above to get things done, things that came easy in iPhoto 5 and 6.
Apple iPhoto
Image organizer: makes books, slideshows...
Version: 8.1.1
Slightly dumbed down, like the rest of iLife 08.
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Contributed by: leoofborg1 Wednesday, August 29 2007 @ 03:59 AM PDT
Product Platform: MacOSX
Used Product For: 1-6 months
Recommend Product: NO
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Slightly dumbed down, like the rest of iLife 08. - MatrixPT
Get used to it. It's happened with almost all Apple software over the past two years. Network file searches disappeared with OS 10.4, never to be seen again. iTunes 7.3 can't delete MP3s from its library or keep iPod Shuffles in its source list. I could go on about the Finder still being broken in countless ways, and how many great features I used every day in OS9 still have not found their way back in to OSX, even through shareware sources.Core features are being replaced with DemoWare and becoming bloated and dumbed-down beyond belief, Microsoft style.
I've been a Mac consultant for over twelve years, been using Apple computers since I was ten years old, used to be an active member of an Apple User Group, running their Bulletin Board for many years. And I hate Windows like nothing else. But my next purchase will NOT be a Mac. It now truly is 'the computer for the rest of us' - only trouble, I don't seem to be part of the rest anymore.
I would love to hope that OS 10.5 will fix all these issues, but if I think like that, I'm just going down the Microsoft path of 'Oh, it's bad now, but I'm sure they'll fix it in the next version. I'll just buy the new one when it comes out, they could use some more of my money.' Unfortunately this mentality is simply the beginning of a downward slope into banality.
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Thursday, September 27 2007 @ 03:51 AM PDT