Less About Better - More About What You Do
Eh - it's probably less about better than it is about what you do with it.
For example, most PP-carrying students will use the same old PP templates that the prof has seen a hundred times for the same uninspired presentations with those darn ugly MS clipart people on them.
Keynote's templates have been seen less (if you're so inclined to use templates), transitions are fresher and spunkier, you now have easy access to your iPhoto, iTunes, and iMovie collections, etc. As long as you're careful to keep in mind that simpler is better in presentations (and that slides should contain key words and phrases, not your entire speech), I think Keynote lends itself to being more impressive.
As fer Pages - no, it's not going to affect a standard text-only paper. But, for many projects (writing a paper with captioned pics, develop an ad, develop a brochure, make a poster, etc.), it, again, lends itself to producing a cleaner, more impressive result. Of course, all of this relies on the user's good taste, computer skills, and writing skills.
When I was going through college, this was my philosophy:
There are only two things you can't fake - good writing and mathematical ability. Focus on those. For all other assignments, you can get by with:
1. Write it so well they give you an "A" just because your paper was easier to read, despite the fact that you totally avoided the topic.
2. Impress them with your computer skills (which, granted, was easier in my day) so they ignore your complete lack of understanding of the topic.
Anecdotal (sp?) evidence, to be sure, but it worked for me! ClarisWorks, my Performa 550, and an external HD got me A's in classes where I probably knew less than anyone in the room.
Mood said:
Eh - it's probably less about better than it is about what you do with it.
For example, most PP-carrying students will use the same old PP templates that the prof has seen a hundred times for the same uninspired presentations with those darn ugly MS clipart people on them.
Keynote's templates have been seen less (if you're so inclined to use templates), transitions are fresher and spunkier, you now have easy access to your iPhoto, iTunes, and iMovie collections, etc. As long as you're careful to keep in mind that simpler is better in presentations (and that slides should contain key words and phrases, not your entire speech), I think Keynote lends itself to being more impressive.
As fer Pages - no, it's not going to affect a standard text-only paper. But, for many projects (writing a paper with captioned pics, develop an ad, develop a brochure, make a poster, etc.), it, again, lends itself to producing a cleaner, more impressive result. Of course, all of this relies on the user's good taste, computer skills, and writing skills.
When I was going through college, this was my philosophy:
There are only two things you can't fake - good writing and mathematical ability. Focus on those. For all other assignments, you can get by with:
1. Write it so well they give you an "A" just because your paper was easier to read, despite the fact that you totally avoided the topic.
2. Impress them with your computer skills (which, granted, was easier in my day) so they ignore your complete lack of understanding of the topic.
Anecdotal (sp?) evidence, to be sure, but it worked for me! ClarisWorks, my Performa 550, and an external HD got me A's in classes where I probably knew less than anyone in the room.
