If you´re thinking about buying a new 733 MHz G4 PowerMac with a SuperDrive, just to get iDVD, you might want to hold off for a while. iDVD 1.0, currently shipping with models configured with a DVD-R/CD-RW SuperDrive, is fun and fairly easy to use, but the bug reports are mounting rapidly. Rated with 2.5 mice (out of a possible 5) by MacWorld Magazine, iDVD is a good start ... but still has a way to go before justifying the $3,000 price tag for that new G4.

Although iDVD 1.0 produces an acceptable product, problems mentioned by MacWorld included repeated crashes, slideshow editing limitations, and only partial compatibility with Apple´s own DVD player. When the article´s author played his DVD on his Panasonic TV player, it ran better, but some titles were cut off.

The general consensus is "it´s coming along, but it ain´t here yet."

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