Creativity - music or sound creation Music and video

The Bottom Line: Apple iLife '09 is a great application suite for simple media organizing and editing, and the addition of features like face recognition, geotagging, and music lessons makes it worth the update.

Specs: 1 user, Complete package, Apple MacOS X 10.5.6 or later, Intel PowerPC G4, PowerPC G5 (867MHz or faster) 867 MHz, Intel Power Mac G5 (dual 2.0GHz or faster), iMac G5 (1.9GHz or faster), DVD-ROM, Intel PowerPC G4, PowerPC G5 (867MHz or faster), Intel Power Mac G5 (dual 2.0GHz or faster), iMac G5 (1.9GHz or faster), 867 MHz, MacOS, QuickTime 7.5.5 or later

Specs: 1 user, Complete package, Microsoft Windows XP SP2 or later, Microsoft Windows Vista Business SP1, Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate SP1, Microsoft Windows Vista Enterprise SP1, Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1, 1.4 GHz or faster for DV, 3.4 GHz for HDV 2 GHz, Dual 2.8 GHz for HD (Windows), Intel Multicore (Mac), DVD-ROM, Sound card, 1280 x 900 monitor resolution, 7200 RPM or faster hard drive, OpenGL compatible graphics card, 1.4 GHz or faster for DV, 3.4 GHz for HDV, Dual 2.8 GHz for HD (Windows), Intel Multicore (Mac), 2 GHz, Windows, QuickTime 7.x

The Bottom Line: Expression Studio includes Microsoft's FrontPage replacement and three other new applications for creating and managing images, Web sites and rich media applications.

Specs: 1 PC, License, MacOS, Windows

The Bottom Line: If you want to clean up noisy audio files or improve rough sounding camcorder footage, Bias SoundSoap 2.0 fits the bill.

Specs: 1 user, Complete package, Apple MacOS X 10.2, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Microsoft Windows XP Professional, 400 MHz, 600 MHz, 2, CD-ROM, 400 MHz, 600 MHz, MacOS, Windows, QuickTime 6.5

Specs: 1 user, Complete package, Microsoft Windows XP, 800 MHz, 7, DVD-ROM, Sound card, 800 MHz, Windows

Specs: 1 user, Complete package, DVD-ROM, MacOS

Specs: 1 user, Complete package, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, 2 GHz, 5, DVD-ROM, XGA monitor, Internet connection, 2 GHz, Windows

Specs: 1 workstation, Complete package, 3.0, DVD-ROM, Windows

Specs: 1 user, Complete package, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, 1 GHz, 6, DVD-ROM, Sound card, 1 GHz, Windows

Specs: 1 user, Complete package, Apple MacOS X 10.5.6 or later, 3, DVD-ROM, XGA monitor, MacOS, QuickTime 7.6 or later