I love GarageBand. Frankly it's one of my most used applications.

Professionally I write scientific software, mostly command line, and exclusively in a *Nix environment (Linux, Solaris). After buying my first MacBook, I attended many of the workshops in the local Apple Store. In one of them, GarageBand was covered. Yawn. That was until the guy showed what you can do with it.

I've created podcasts with it. I use a midi keyboard with it. Most recently I created a composite interview of my latest Dungeons and Dragons character with it, switching back and forth between male interviewer and female character, adding stingers, an echoey intro, and ambient background sounds. The 4 minute interview was created in about an hour or so, from nothing to complete mp3.

I came over to Apple for OS X. I'm staying for the fun.

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Evil Math Ogre Kgh-Ra

GarageBand "oft-ignored"? Yawn-inducing? Hard to believe anyone would categorize this amazing application thusly. Even non-musicians (are there really any of those?) must recognize the power of its multi-tracking capabilities. GB is barely short of a professional studio suite, and is the heart and soul of countless home recording setups. Personally, I replaced my aging but still functional Mac with a new one a couple of years ago JUST for GarageBand. It alone is easily worth the price of the computer. I've recorded one released album and dozens of demos using GarageBand alone (with occasional help from SoundStudio 3). It's taken me so far beyond my old four-track cassette recorder, I still can't believe Apple gives GB away with each new Mac! It's awesome, exciting and well-executed. Now, if they'd just give me the ability to add track markers....