Should iWork come pre-installed or on the Mac Applications DVD?

[crmpicco]

Hi all,

I have recently purchased a MacBook, so i'm new to the platform. I believe the main "office" type package is iWork which will open DOC, PPT and XLS files.

My question is should iWork come pre-installed or on the Mac Applications DVD? I have just loaded in the Mac Applications DVD and it seems to have "Macintosh HD" on it, which i've now installed. But no iWork.

Cheers,
Picco

 

[davidwarren]

You have to buy it separately. If you need ms office, you can buy that for the mac too.

 

[wordoflife]

You have to buy it separately (if you didn't). If you ordered it with your computer, then it should be on the computer. If you didn't order it, I recommend ordering it on Amazon ... I got it for $30 on Amazon

 

[Dave Braine]

Have a look in your Applications folder. You may have a demo version.

 

[Mr_Brightside_@]

If you would like a free version of the iWork/ MS Office Suites, check out OpenOffice

 

[Mal]

Have a look in your Applications folder. You may have a demo version.

Not on a recently purchased machine. Apple stopped including any demo software, including their own, ~2-3 years ago.

EDIT: The demo is, of course, downloadable, though.

jW

 

[sushi]

If you would like a free version of the iWork/ MS Office Suites, check out OpenOffice

I'm not sure that I would call Open Office the free version of iWork, let alone MS Office.

Rather, I would say that it is an alternative worth comparing when making your decision on which product to purchase.