I just bought a new powerbook 15" superdrive, and it doesn't have apple works. Is that standard, or am I missing it, needing to install it? Can I get it from apple's webiste?
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chris
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chris
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Where is Apple Works?
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Appleworks isn't included in the pro line, only the consumer line.
Different set of software for the pro and consumer market.
Most people expect professionals would use MS Office, so no Appleworks.
If you want it, you got to buy it.
Not like it's really expensive.
Different set of software for the pro and consumer market.
Most people expect professionals would use MS Office, so no Appleworks.
If you want it, you got to buy it.
Not like it's really expensive.
guess i never thought of it that way, I thought for the money they would have included everything not jipped someone for spending more lol
chris
chris
If you are just looking for light use, you can try openoffice... it's slow to launch, but once it gets going it's very good.
If you use the word processor most frequesntly, I would also recommend Abiword. It's OSX version is very good.
Both of these programs are free, btw.
Rob
If you use the word processor most frequesntly, I would also recommend Abiword. It's OSX version is very good.
Both of these programs are free, btw.
Rob
NeoOffice/J is nicer than OpenOffice. It's 112 MB, so it'll take a while if you have a slower connection.
I already have office 2004, but I just have problems opening old .cwk files if i use text they suck and are a mess....
imac abuser said:
Get Dataviz Maclinkplus 15. Supports old Clarisworks files, all Wordperfect formats, and many more:
http://www.dataviz.com/
At this point, Appleworks being the outdated embarrassment that it is, why the hell is Apple even charging for it? They should be giving it away, and thanking everyone who bothers to download it. Don't get me wrong, I use it frequently, but it's not worth paying for. Free word processors are more well-featured.
MacLinkPlus is great software to have... i think it's even included with Appleworks (to allow it to open clarisworks files).
paul
MacLinkPlus is great software to have... i think it's even included with Appleworks (to allow it to open clarisworks files).
paul
Yeah all the other guys have given great reccommendations. If you don't mind using the X11 windowing environment, grab Fink or Darwinports and there are so many great word processor / spreadsheet programs you can get. You can also get "Aquafied" versions of some of these... I know you can get an OS X version of AbiWord, as was mentioned. This is a pretty good word processor. You can now get OpenOffice 2.0 snapshot builds for PC... I heard that they are trying to bring this one natively to OS X... we can hope...