Apple iWork '08 [OLD VERSION]
by Apple
![Apple iWork '08 [OLD VERSION]](/images/Apple-iWork-08-OLD-VERSION-B000BQXTSS-L.jpg)
|
List Price: Our Price: $24.37 You Save: $49.63 (67%) Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Buy Used and New: from $13.57 (click here) Category: Software See more product details and other editions |
|---|
Software Reviews of Apple iWork '08 [OLD VERSION]
Customer Review: iWork as gift
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased iWork as a gift for two granddaughters, ages 11 and 13. I've enjoyed using it and I hope they will too.Customer Review: Worth it for Keynote alone, all around very good
Summary: 5 Stars
Keynote is so much more intuitive and polished than Powerpoint that I would gladly pay twice the price for Keynote alone. I also like Pages very much for its elegant and simple approach, though it doesn't beat Word by nearly as much as Keynote beats Powerpoint. Numbers still needs some work, but is already very promising (I still use Excel for more complex tasks.
My one big gripe is the lack of an auto-save function. These applications do crash (though Keynote never crashed on me during a presentation) and I have lost many hours of work because I didn't save often enough. So: Make sure to save often!
Customer Review: Apple iWork '08
Summary: 5 Stars
A useful addition to creating & handling Apple files. More stable than Microsoft Office for Mac.Customer Review: Never looking back
Summary: 5 Stars
I finally made the switch to Apple, and I'm never going back to a PC again. I also refuse, if I can help it, to use any microsoft products. After the debacle that was Vista, I'm boycotting everything that they produce.
After being deserted with a $1300 paper weight by Dell, I'm so very happy that I now have a Mac with some amazing Apple software to work with.
I love using iWork! It is extremely intuitive and comfortable. When I have to use Office for school I find it to be clunky and annoying when compared to the ease of use that the Apple programs provide.
So far I've produced a ton of documents in Pages, am working on a Keynote presentation (just can't drag and drop, need to have pics on the hard drive and use insert to have them transfer to Powerpoint for school), and have explored Numbers for a bit. Everything looks great and simply... works! So much better than my waste of cash laptop that would crash with each and every application that I would try and run.
I am, however, thankful. If it wasn't for the useless products currently being produced by the PC world I never would have switched!
Customer Review: Buyer beware
Summary: 3 Stars
I can't speak about the other programs, but "Pages" is a joke. It is a program for amateurs, not professionals. One example of its shortcomings is the following: if you want to cut or copy a body of text, and you have your heart set on the pasted text having the same font /font size / style, you have to pull down a special command called "Paste and match style." This is comical. Why didn't they make the cutting and pasting work properly in the first place? That's like saying "Here is your new dishwasher. It cleans beautifully, But if you want to turn it on, you'll have to push a special button in the back."
Not to mention that if there is an underlined word in the text you cut or copied, the underlining won't come out in the pasted text.
Apple has put professional writers in a bind. The Imac will not support Appleworks, "Pages" is a joke, Microsoft Word is clunky and costs money. I may have to send my Imac back to Amazon, on the grounds that "product does not meet my expectations."
Let the buyer beware.