Comments on: iWork ‘08 Vs. Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac!

By: iMacdonalds

iMacdonalds — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 06:03:46 +0000

Bill Gates has some money to lose, why not just take it from him.

By: asha

asha — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 21:53:43 +0000

can someone kindly give me the serial number for iwork 08…??

By: LIZHOU

LIZHOU — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:22:44 +0000

Currently, I am tend to buy a MacBook. From what u guys saying, I think I have made an absolutely right decision. Looking forward to use it.

By: shamrock

shamrock — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:48:30 +0000

So if I am an advanced Excel user at my job and want to be able to work on Excel files at home on my Mac, would it be best to use iWork or Microsoft Office?

By: shamrock

shamrock — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 22:45:01 +0000

So if I am an advanced Excel user at my job and want to be able to work on Excel files at home on my Mac, would you get iWork or Microsoft Office Home?

By: encryptedGuy

encryptedGuy — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:32:56 +0000

Well, personally, I think Excel is one of the best pieces of software by MS, and I guess most hardcore excel users (which I am not) will just never switch to Numbers.
However, I like Pages more than Word. I think it makes diagramming easier and it offeres more possibilities to compose "pro-looking" documents.
But, as much as Excel might be the best in its field, Keynote is LIGHT YEARS over Powerpoint. No possible comparison.
So.. you would probably benefit of having both. In my case, iWork is a natural decision.

By: tom gow

tom gow — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 06:06:38 +0000

whats the crack

By: Ann Landau

Ann Landau — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 08:28:16 +0000

I bought an aluminum MacBook, the lower price model. I am not a power user. Perhaps for that reason Apple sales person sold me Office for Student/Home because he said you are used to that. However, in my fear of having a Microsoft product mess up my Mac or make it very slow, I have not installed it. In the meantime, I have downloaded the trial version of iWork. I sent a letter from iWork as an attachment to an email to my daughter-in-law who has a Windows machine. She said she could open it but it came compressed…she had to unzip it and it came with other files…but she said she could do it. She also has home an student version of Office but not sure which year. I still think I will spring for the iWorks and keep everything on the Mac all Apple. I would return the Office to the store but I took the cellophane off. Not smart.

By: ELBSeattle

ELBSeattle — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 05:35:44 +0000

I upgraded to Microsoft Office 08 for the Mac a few weeks ago. I have to say that I do not like any of the ‘improvements’ Microsoft made on Word, which is the element of Office I use the most. The documents are clunky, slow, and littered with all kinds of stuff that is hard to navigate or get rid of. (The new ‘Elements Gallery’ toolbar is in every new document whether you like it or not. And… I don’t like it.)
I downloaded a trial version of iWork, and have been working with Pages. What a big difference! This seems to be put together with much more thought and style. I can export Pages documents to iWeb, or as Word documents, or rtf files. Plus, adding artistic elements to a page is not only easy, it’s fun and very creative. Just the way Apple likes it.
I am going to ditch Microsoft Office 08 and spring for iWork. That’s my 2¢.

By: Rick Harris

Rick Harris — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 06:23:02 +0000

Does anyone have any idea when Apple will be releasing the next version of iWork? I bet by then, Apple will have come up with a new and better version of Numbers that will make the whole iWork vs. MS office question obsolete.