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How many of you are into the new iWork?

Are you giving iWork 08 a chance? If not why?

  • Use it for daily stuff and like it okay, it suits my needs

    Votes: 28 75.7%

  • I have it but am not really into it and still use other apps

    Votes: 2 5.4%

  • I rather use MS or NeoOffice

    Votes: 3 8.1%

  • Can't wait for MS 08

    Votes: 4 10.8%
  • Total voters
    37
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paulbaker

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May 4, 2007
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I bought it the day it was out. I no longer have MS or Neo on my MB.

It is obviously not the be all / end all for office applications, but suits my and my business needs.

How many of you agree with me?

I concede that Numbers, a great first release, does need lots of improvement. But I can't stand the look and feel of Neo either.
 
Does what I need it to do: which is write letters and papers for Uni (Pages), then show me how little free time or money I have and how much money I will owe when I graduate (Numbers). It's great!!! :eek:
 
I love it but I'm really hoping for a patch to make it as fast to open as '06 on my Macbook...
 
paulbaker said:
It is obviously not the be all / end all for office applications, but suits my and my business needs.
Click to expand...

That sums it up for me.

I need to...

1. Open Word documents I receive from those I collaborate with. Very basic format and styles here - Pages works just fine.

2. Send Word documents to those I collaborate with. Export gets the job done. Had no complaints about formats or not being able to open files.

3. Do some light numbers analysis - Numbers is up to the job.

Basic stuff. Office is overkill (and bloated with features I never used - and have never seen anyone use). Only the file format compatibility is important.

Major strikes in iWorks favour

1. It is avaialble NOW. MicroSoft have been dragging their feet with office.

2. A family pack costs me a tenth of what Office 2008 would cost me (need it on two machines and I can't go for the Home/Student licence because the work I do is "for profit")
 
It does all I need… the fact that I don't have to pay Microsoft is an added bonus.

I don't need scientific calculations and mega macros… so Numbers works well, and as far as Pages goes: If I need layouts I use InDesign ;)… and I don't do mail-outs to 100's of recipients…
Keynote makes some great presentations.

I'm happy. :D
 
Downloaded the trial. Didn't do what I needed it to do, so I had to go back to Office for now. Maybe a future release.
 
I try to use it because I payed $79 for it, but Pages unexpectedly quits whenever I try to print something. I have to open it back up and try to print again.
 
I'm having good luck with it so far, but I'm really looking for that first update to increase stability and speed. I'd like it to be as responsive as the '06 version was.

I still have NeoOffice installed and there is no real need to remove it until file format issues are even between applications.
 
By the way, what's the deal with the stingy edu discount, you save $8!

Get those apps in the hands of the youngsters, Mr. Jobs!
 
Love it !!!

I love it very much. For my personnal needs it does everything I need and more. However, if I have to work with some job Excel files, it will do the job 90% of the time because Numbers doesn't support macros and links with other files so in those cases I need to switch to Excel. As far as the famous error bars that many people are claiming loud to be an issue, this is not one for me and as far as I'm concerned, everybody who works with slightly more advanced maths or stats knows that excel is not meant for that. Better use JMP, Minitab or Mathematica for that. I personnaly love JMP.
 
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