I came home today to find that iLife ’09 was waiting for me in my mailbox. This little box started out 250 miles to my south, traveled 475 to the northeast of its starting point, and then another 375 to the west of its first landing point, to finally arrive in my mailbox a week to the day after I ordered it. What a strange trip it seems to have been.

So, how is it? Well, I don’t know yet. I just got home and got it installed — installation takes a little while BTW — and haven’t yet fired it up. The impressive thing so far is seeing that iLife is supported on G4’s… that’s some old, old iron.

Stay tuned for more!

So, early in January, Apple announced the new version of their personal software, iLife ’09. They said the release would be sometime in January. Sure ’nuff, last Tuesday, folks starting getting shipping notices. On Tuesday, I decided to order mine too. I picked ground shipping, which I thought woulda been okay. On Wednesday, Apple dropped me an e-mail saying iLife has shipped. However, at that point the story gets a little glacial….

Kinda looks like the combination of DHL and the USPS have turned this into a Pony Express event of some sort. And now, with a predicted delivery date of Thursday the 5th, I’m questioning whether the higher cost for faster shipping woulda made more sense. Or, I guess I coulda driven through the snow and ice to the Apple Store. I’m sure I woulda been back here by now! 🙂