Spreadsheeting?

[jhomayne]

so what is the average mac user supposed to use for spreadsheeting now that iWork is supposedly doing away with the need to get MSWord (and therefore Office)

 

[emw]

The average Mac user will still be getting AppleWorks, which includes a spreadsheet application, included with their purchase.

 

[Diatribe]

Apple patented "Cell", which sounds like a spreadsheet app. My guess is that it will be incorporated into iWork 06. By then Apple will have a full Office suite that will be mostly compatible to MS Office.
I think that they didn't want to create a full blown competitor to MS Office just yet. They're slowly trying to build up iWork as the Office suite so MS doesn't pull out.

 

[jhomayne]

yeah seems like my question was answered here.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/104652/