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Use iMovie, GarageBand and iDVD to make the perfect home video

This issue's main feature shows you how to use all the iLife programs to create a professional DVD. Not only do we take you through the process step by step, but we also have buying advice on all the equipment you will need for the project.

MacFormat Editor, Graham Barlow, spent a month with the iPhone. You can find out how he got on with his in-depth diary, plus he makes a wish list for what iPhone 2.0 should have.

We also get a bit nostalgic and take a look back over time to see how Apple's choice of fonts has changed. We look at all the font sets the company has used, from Motter Tektura right up to the one it uses today, Myriad.

Also this issue

Tutorials

Give a portrait a makeover
Share screens in iChat 4.0
Make better use of the Dock
Make Leopard change its spots
Customise your Mac's icons
And more…

Reviews

Apple MacBook 2.2GHz
Wacom Cintiq 12WX
Canon PIXMA MX700
FileMaker Bento
Corel Painter Essentials 4.0
And more…

Mac questions answered
Recovering from a crash, wireless help, hard disk upgrades, problems with Time Machine, backup solutions and more…

On the DVD
Three full programs: ConceptDraw Project 3, PhotoPresenter 2.9.2, Sketsa 2.1 plus shareware, games trials, hot demos and more…

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Glory be; Microsoft has changed its mind, and this time for the better. While before it forbade you to use all but the most expensive editions of Vista in a virtualisation environment such as Parallels Desktop or VMware Fusion, now, news.com is reporting that you can use any version.

And as you'd expect, the virtualisation companies are delighted about the move. Ben Rudolph, director of corporate communications at SWsoft, Parallels' parent company, said "This move is a good thing for those computer users who aren’t Microsoft customers (like Mac and Linux users) since they now have a cost effective way to access Windows and its massive software library. It also makes it even easier for these traditionally non-Windows users to keep their OS of choice, but still integrate with a Windows-centric office." He also noted that SWsoft was glad to see Microsoft "taking steps to increase the pace of the adoption virtualisation. This shows that Microsoft is committed to the virtualization market, and we think that this opens new opportunities for us to partner."