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List Price: $74.00
Buy New: $59.95
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Rating:  114 reviews
Sales Rank: 24
Format: Dvd-rom
Platform: Mac Os X
Media: DVD-ROM
Edition: Standard
Operating System: Macintosh
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.8
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 5.3 x 0.8
MPN: MB624Z/A
Model: MB624Z/A
UPC: 885909244300
EAN: 0885909244300
ASIN: B000BQXTSS
Release Date: August 11, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Showing reviews 16-20 of 114
 it's so simple August 23, 2007
V. Kumar (Pittsburgh, PA USA)
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
I've used iWork '08 for a few days and it has completely replaced MS Office on my system. Pages can import pretty much any word doc (I have documents with lots of embedded pictures which were imported perfectly). It can export to Word, PDF or RTF formats as well and the process is pretty quick. If you're using an Intel Mac, you will absolutely notice the difference in speed.
Numbers is also a wonderful program - you get a canvas where you can place multiple tables or worksheets, move them around. Best of all is the dynamic print view, its like a print preview where you can resize the size of the page with a slider.
I haven't used Keynote except to import powerpoint files, and it worked flawlessly for this as well.
My only complaint is that there's no option to change the default file type s to be MS Office (OpenOffice allows this). Overall an excellent product and great value for the price.
 Not a great update October 20, 2007
Newton Malerman (Abington, PA)
8 out of 12 found this review helpful
This is a quirky upgrade that doesn't address the shortcomings of the previous version. There are some new features that are helpful, but I find myself (darn it) going back to Excel and Word, though, being an Apple freak, I'd like to avoid them.
As an example, in "Numbers", it is impossible to print just a section of a spreadsheet (as in Excel "set print area" command.
The graphics in all 3 programs are awesome, but Apple seems to have ignored functionality for presentation. I'm not happy that I upgraded.
Not as compatible as I'd hoped February 15, 2008
RegentESS (Elkhorn, WI United States)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
with Microsoft Office files :-(. Also not as intuitive as I'd hoped. No doubt I need to spend some time actually learning the software to get better results with it, but some things seem harder to do than they should be without extensive reference to the help system. Maybe it's just me, but the help information isn't always as clear as it could be either. I'm a longtime Windows user (which may play into the "not intuitive" problem), so I may have been better off buying Office for Mac, but I was just looking for "light duty" applications for occasional home use and I try to be open to learning new things.
A Big Improvement March 29, 2008
J. Sparks (USA)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
iWork '08 is a significant upgrade to the Apple iWork line. I have used the product since it was merely Keynote then when it added Pages and changed the name to iWork. I find Keynote continues to mature and while it plays nicely with Microsoft Powerpoint slides it is much easier to use and the transitions are more robust. I often receive Powerpoint documents created on both Windows and Apple operating systems and have never had any trouble opening then nor have any of the recipients had trouble in receiving and using mine.
Pages also continues to improve. Especially helpful is the ability to seamlessly open the new Word format (XML) as well as support for older documents. The ability to track comments including those from Word is a welcome addition. I use Pages for taking notes in a graduate school setting as well as for preparing papers, reports, and brochures. I have used many of the templates and adding new ones for special projects is a simple process. I have not had any difficulty in exporting documents.
I am still learning Numbers, mainly because I haven't had a great need for any spreadsheet program, but what I have found so far is a robust and easy to use program.
Finally many may ask why iWork instead of MS Office for the Mac. I have used the previous version and have tried the newer version as well on a friend's computer which was the same model as my own. I am not impressed with its cost nor its resource requirements. I believe iWorks simply runs better, looks better and is better for my needs for Keynote and Pages. As for Numbers it meets and exceeds any needs I can foresee in the future.
I strongly recommend this product.
Solid Suite for the Non-Professional July 3, 2008
Theseus (Louisiana)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
This is a great suite of programs for those of us who don't necessarily need the full power of the Microsoft Office suite. It will be able to do nearly all of what you want it to do in a non-professional environment (read home or possibly small business) for a whole lot less money than MS Office will cost.
That's where this suite shines. For $79 or less ($69 currently on Amazon) you get 80% of the MS Office functionality plus famous Apple-brand style. It's infinitely better than the hack-job "NeoOffice" for Mac which is the free OpenOffice-based office suite that is nearly unusable due to a bad translation.
Pros:
-Pages is a fine little word processor for writing virtually anything you can think of. It's simple to use and flows well with the rest of the "Mac experience." If you just want to sit down and type a letter or a book, it's hard to beat. This is the Apple equivalent to Microsoft Word
-Numbers is a usable spreadsheat program that will do some basic number crunching and data manipulation. It's competent and works like most other Apple programs. This is the Apple equivalent to Microsoft Excel
-Keynote is the best application of the suite. It is a powerful presentation design program that is not only on par with, but superior to Microsoft Powerpoint, which it is aimed at. If you want an idea of what it can do, just watch any of Steve Job's keynote addresses to see a good presentation in action. He uses Keynote, too.
Cons:
-Generally speaking, if you are familiar with MS Office programs (as I am), you'll have a bear of a time migrating over to iWork. Apple has its own version of what is logical in the interface, and though I can't say if it's better or worse, it's definitely different and hard to navigate for an MS Office veteran. If you're new to such programs, though, it's probably more intuitive.
-Pages is a little light on features and flexibility. This offers a simpler user interface, but also means you lose a lot of power that the professional grade MS Word offers. It also has a lot of trouble importing anything but the most simplistic Word documents and doesn't appear to be compatible with Office 2008 for Mac yet (I'm not sure about Office 2007 for Windows, though).
-Numbers is the weakest program in the suite. It's not really usable in a standard office practice as it lacks so many features and capabilities that have been in Excel for generations. It's more-or-less a sort of placeholder until Apple decides it really wants to be in the Enterprise market. Few home users will bother learning to use a spreadsheet program of any type unless they have to. This is more of an afterthought.
-Keynote is the jewel of the set. It's only real weakness is that it will ruin you on Microsoft Powerpoint if you ever have to go back or have to export your presentation into Powerpoit format. That's the Achilles' Heel of Keynote is the lack of widespread use anywhere. Industry doesn't use it. Education doesn't use it. Heck, even hotels and conference rooms don't use it. You have to bring your own Mac if you really want to use it.
Overall, this is a great suite for the money, but can't really compete with its entrenched and much more mature Microsoft counterparts (except for Keynote). This is a must-have if you use your Mac for anything productive, especially if your budget is a bit tight.
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