Do i need iwork?

[rjjk91]

So i am going to be a first time mac owner in a few days and an upcoming college student. And i was wondering do i really need iwork? if im also getting Microsoft Office?

 

[SilentPanda]

If you already are getting Office, there is no real benefit to having iWork unless you like to have a different UI.

 

[aditghai]

No. Office should do it. But, I have both coz my campus bookstore was selling iWork 09 for $39 and it was too good to resists at that price

 

[KingYaba]

Don't need iWork. But you could download Open Office and keep it in reserve in case Office '08 completely dies and you need to finish that last minute essay.

 

[adrian.oconnor]

iWork could be worth it for Keynote alone, if presentations are your thing.

Numbers is, in my opinion, much better than Excel for general spreadsheet tasks. It is based around a slightly different paradigm that I find makes for better organised data. Lots of people prefer the Excel though, so I guess it's 50/50.

Word is far better than Pages.

You can always give the iWork demo a go and buy based on that. That'd be my recommendation.