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Apple Opens Up 'iWork for iCloud' to Everyone, No Apple Device Required
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So much news today I can barely keep up
Well the good thing much of it was Apple news.
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Well you can always use the uber super professional Powerpoint.
I'm pretty sure this is to promote iWork, and by extension, the Mac platform, in an attempt to hopefully wrangle in more people to buy Macs...
...and that's why it's a bit ironic
So, this sounds more like Google apps in a way everyone can use...
Of course you must still have an Apple account... and if you are using Apple's software effectively....
I guess allowing everyone access, Apple's thinking this could be a push to non-Apple users to get them into the ecosystem. It's the only thing i can think of
Of course you must still have an Apple account... and if you are using Apple's software effectively....
I guess allowing everyone access, Apple's thinking this could be a push to non-Apple users to get them into the ecosystem. It's the only thing i can think of
If you are a student yes, if you are a business user then no. I work with 200+ MB Excel files all the time. 1 GB is a joke for business users but that's fine, obviously Apple is not targeting us, they're targeting schoolers.
I'm surprised someone didn't post it before I did. I'm sure there are several here who seriously think that.
That's why I asked. You're a reasonable person, but according to the Joker it just takes one bad day to drive a man insane.
Like those of us that realize that a 365 day rental policy on a mission critical application is what precisely NOBODY is interested in... & that they are only acquiescing due to lack of full fledged alternative yet?
Or those of us that have been watching the Google/Apple/OpenOffice free products narrow that gap more and more by the year?
Or was it just a smug sarcastic comment to others sharing the narrow minded view that MS Office & 365 rental software has a stronghold that will NEVER waiver or lose market share no matter what Apple & Google ever come up with??
Microsoft started in the enterprise (not even pro market at all). Apple has never really had an important footprint in the enterprise. The creative field is just a small part of the enterprise market. Few people had IBM compatible PC's at home in the 1980s. Their link with IBM initially is why Microsoft had such a strong imprint in the enterprise from the start. IBM was enterprise computing in the early to mid 1980s
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Really, 200MB... In an excel file... Online... Wow, that's not the most efficient way to handle data AT ALL. But, hopefully you knew that already or you need to talk to some information architect about this ;-).
I do like this. I'm happy to see that Apple is allowing everyone to use Pages especially. Microsoft may have put part of their suite on tablets for free but still charges yearly to have Office on a pc or laptop. When you have many and don't use it heavily, it is prohibitive to have it on everything.
Now, I can have Pages on everything, view it and use it on everything I own.
Sweet.
Now, I can have Pages on everything, view it and use it on everything I own.
Sweet.
"Everyone" is anyone who has a Mac or PC. No support for Android devices; which makes the tagline kinda deceptive.
My safari on PC accesses and works with iWork just fine.
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Man, if you work with 200bm Excel databases, there is no way you can work with online office programs in the first place, even MS 365.
But if you want additional storage as me, for example, for 0.99$ monthly you receive 20 GB. Its less than I spend on coffee a day.
And have they actually improved on ClarisWorks? It was a great program. The Draw component was awesome.
http://www.macworld.com/article/284...-documents-for-a-stroll-down-memory-lane.html
If it only works with iCloud it seems like it'd be hard to fill up...
People probably aren't going to use it for photos if they don't have a Mac.
If you're going to do something graphics intensive, I don't think I'd want to do it on the web anyways.
Plus, I'm sure Apple will be willing to upgrade their storage for a co$t....
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Well you can always use the uber super professional Powerpoint.
LOL. There is no way to measure how much I dislike using PowerPoint. Sure, it has two things I wish Keynote had (objects on separate layers you can turn off and on and being able to edit a slide while the deck is in show mode). But there are SOOOOO many stupid things PowerPoint does or lacks that make it crappy presentation software to use. Every upgrade takes more features from Keynote but it's still way behind. I hear they finally got a color sampler! But seriously, slide dimensions in inches? In this century? Blech.
When I quickly scanned the title of this story, I swelled up with excitement. I thought Apple was announcing their answer to Google Apps for Work. When I began reading the actual story my hopes were dashed quickly.
I really wish Apple offered domain hosting for email and web sites. Right now I have Google Apps for Work for hosting my domain, email and cloud storage (which enables sharing within and outside of our work domain) - and I would love to jump ship to Apple and host my mail, site and cloud storage all in one place - but since I can't and need to subscribe elsewhere, iCloud is really of little use to me.
If Apple did offer these services I would jump to iCloud right away...
Tbh Numbers needs help but Pages and Keynote have been killin it for a while now. If I didn't have so much collaboration at work I wouldn't even use Word or Ppt at all.
And how is a device independent, free SaaS offering not an "active advancement in software"? Seriously do you do that much work offline? What is this, 2002?
I don't understand why Apple keeps pushing in areas no one cares about. Seriously how many people use Pages or Numbers? Everybody uses Office, Google Docs, and OpenOffice/LibreOffice .
They are better off using their resources in improving iOS by adding capabilities and squishing bugs.
Keynote is the only app which is probably easier and superior to its counterparts and people choose to use it.
I appreciate the simplicity of their office software, but it really feels like they are just saying "us too" . It doesn't help you can get Office for free on OneDrive,
They are better off using their resources in improving iOS by adding capabilities and squishing bugs.
Keynote is the only app which is probably easier and superior to its counterparts and people choose to use it.
I appreciate the simplicity of their office software, but it really feels like they are just saying "us too" . It doesn't help you can get Office for free on OneDrive,
All I can say in regards to your post of ignorance is Speak For Yourself. Don't say Everybody uses this and Nobody uses that because you couldn't be more wrong.