Let's all remember that nothing is free. Not even iwork. The cost to provide iwork is factored into the cost of the phone or other apple services. Even if you don't use iwork, you still paid for it, just like any other apple app that is "free".
To be fair, MS did say they have a new version of Office coming out shortly, so that complaint is mostly moot.And, of course, the outdated version of Word for Mac is what you are stuck with pending their future release.
Take that you clowns at UBS.
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Your comment is irrelevant as you can't sign up to a Netflix subscription from inside the app...
I'm not sure if even 1% of iOS users are willing to accept this subcription model.... iWork FTW.![]()
So my options are:
- Pay a subscription in order to use word processing/spreadsheet/presentation software on my iDevice, and I don't own the software at all and can only use it if I cough up every month.
Or...
- Use the completely free word processing/spreadsheet/presentation software that came with my iDevice indefinitely, and I own the software outright.
Hmmmm. Tough choice...
the sad thing about a subscription model is that people that dont use word as their prime workprogram will try to avoid it. For me word is just a text edit tool for simple use, and the only program I use a lot is Powerpoint. But figured out Keynote is a lot better anyway, so Im not even gonna consider it. I would pay a single sum to have the ipad office package - but no way I´m gonna subscribe on something I use once a week maximum. I think many unpro-office users feel the same way about a subscription model.
I honstly feel $100 per year isn't that expensive. I pay it becuase I feel there is value for it and I do not feel i am being ripped off. Seriously, I haven't find any alternative that is remotely close to Microsoft Office.
It might be more accurate to say that you RENT Office 365.You can buy one license. But that only gives you one computer. If you need more than one computers and tablets, you need either pirate the software or you buy multiple copies of Microsoft Office or Photoshops or you can buy Officec 365.
I honstly feel $100 per year isn't that expensive. I pay it becuase I feel there is value for it and I do not feel i am being ripped off. Seriously, I haven't find any alternative that is remotely close to Microsoft Office.
The Office 365 subscription is beyond stupid. Everyone hates it
Pages is to word processing what Frontpage Express was to web development.
You don't own that free software in any way, if Apple wanted to they could remove it without notice.
whens office for mac gonna be updated?
But realistically, that is very unlikely. iWork is their best productivity tool. On the other hand not being able to pay $99 every year and losing ability to edit your docs is a real possibility.
In short Microsoft's strategy has fail written all over it, just like Win 8, Surface for different reasons but fail never the less. It's just Microsoft is in denial. I worry of the day when the reach acceptance.
I will continue to use Office 2003 for my PC that I got used for $17 for the rest of my life. No need to upgrade, ever.
It is franking 10 dollar per device for year (5 PC or Mac + 5 Mobile devices), if this is too much for you, then MacDonald is also too much for you. Seriously, just give up one pizza per month, then you have the money for the subscription
This is the future. Be prepared for it.
50% of worldwide's biggest companies are abandoning purchasing corporate software and going for the subscription model (Cloud computing), and by the end of this year, that number will increase to 65%
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Allow me to clarify that. Not "5 mobile devices". It's "5 iPads". This application doesn't run on the iPhone or iTouch.It is franking 10 dollar per device for year (5 PC or Mac + 5 Mobile devices), if this is too much for you, then MacDonald is also too much for you. Seriously, just give up one pizza per month, then you have the money for the subscription
Well in the enterprise space Windows and Office are still dominant on the desktop and iPads on the mobile market. While companies are most likely not on the latest version of Office, it does give them an additional reason. Plus, Apple will be making money from the IAP's.I am kind of surprised and a little disappointed in Apple letting MS do this money grab. Maybe there is a method in their madness. A lot of people will just use Pages and Keynote.
Holy F! That $99 IAP is only for one year!? It is NOT clear. The IAP says nothing about this only being for one year. There are going to be a lot of pissed off people thinking they purchased Office for iPad for $99. That price IS reasonable (kinda) but not for one year!
Allow me to clarify that. Not "5 mobile devices". It's "5 iPads". This application doesn't run on the iPhone or iTouch.
Great, so I'd only have to pay $50/year for it? (2 laptops, 2 iPhones, 1 iPad)
What's that? I'd still have to pay $100/year? But *you* said it was $10 per device for the year!
Hint: There's a *lot* of people out there who would be spending that $100/year to get Office 365 on just 1 or 2 devices. There's comparatively very few who will actually get that maximum of 10 systems out of their subscription.
Frankly, PowerPoint isn't a selling point when you have Keynote available.
For most people, Pages is going to fill their needs every bit as well as Word, and most people don't actually do more than simple column sums in Excel, which means Numbers is *more* than up to the task. All of that sets the user back *less* than one year of Office365, and they get to keep using the apps after the year is up.
And, yes, there are folks who might actually need some of the various bits of Office, but in reality (as years of the iPad without Offce have shown) those people aren't actually as common as pundits assumed.