5. Your own digital entertainment center.

Designed and built for today’s digital lifestyle, the Mac offers a complete ensemble of digital tools. In addition to iTunes and iPhoto, Macs come with iMovie and, on all systems equipped with a SuperDrive, iDVD as well. Like the Mac itself, they’re easy to use and work together flawlessly. You’ll use iMovie to turn raw video footage into polished films—complete with sound tracks, titling, and effects—that friends will actually ask to watch over and over again. And iDVD will let you burn your photos and movies onto DVDs that can be played on most commercially available DVD players.

Digital photography and home videos are very good reasons to buy a Mac. iMovie is a great program, and iDVD is simply amazing. ...

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