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| Apple iWork '08 [OLD VERSION] | ![Apple iWork '08 [OLD VERSION]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51RdeDRd6KL._SL160_.jpg)
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Category: Software
List Price: $74.00
Buy New: $62.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  121 reviews
Sales Rank: 89
Format: Dvd-rom
Platform: Mac Os X
Media: DVD-ROM
Edition: Standard
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 5.3 x 0.8
MPN: MB624Z/A
Model: MB624Z/A
UPC: 885909244300
EAN: 0885909244300
ASIN: B000BQXTSS
Release Date: August 11, 2007
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| Customer Reviews:
 My favorite office software for Mac. September 11, 2008
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
First, please excuse me while I rant: To those who criticize iWork because it doesn't mimic their favorite Microsoft Office feature, I have to ask "Just what did you expect?" Look. If you want Office, then _buy_ Office, and don't blame Apple because you chose the wrong tool for the job.
I'm not one of those Microsoft-bashers. I use Office on a Windows PC at work without complaint, but for my own use on my own Mac I prefer iWork to Office:mac 2008. Subjectively, it's more streamlined and user-friendly, and its compliment of applications and features better suits my purposes. Objectively, it's faster, more trouble-free, much better integrated with OS X and iLife, and it costs less.
There is usually nothing particularly exciting about "productivity software." You mostly use it when you have to, not because you want to. But, iWork seems to be a little bit of a departure from the usual, and - at the risk of sounding geeky - it can be fun to use.
The Little Program that Could September 8, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
It seems like a basic word program, but it has so many frills, bells and whistles, that I still haven't found them all yet, but I'm always amazed at what it can do.
iWork September 6, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Going from PC to Apple is not as easy as you would think. But the Operating System and the features are out of this world. I'm glad I switched and am learning to utilize my commputer and software. It is good with compatability issues for those who have to move back and forth between the PC and Apple environments.
Best publishing program if you have an older Mac August 31, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Bought the new Microsoft Word for Mac to do a monthly volunteer newsletter and found that it runs like molasses on a G4 Powerbook. So, I bought IWork for the 'Pages' program. This program is easy to use and easy to learn. It's very much like the old PageMaker for Macs. Converts easily to PDF for sharing. Would have given it 5 starts, but I think that anything can be improved. Otherwise, there would never be new versions. Only negative - I would have liked to buy 'Pages' as a stand alone application. I have no need for the other apps.
 PAGES IS A VERY WEAK WORD PROCESSING PROGRAM August 28, 2008
8 out of 15 found this review helpful
The word processing portion of iWork, Pages, is cumbersome, confusing and unusable.
I bought iWork primarily to use as a word processor, and really wanted to like it. The praise that Apple heaps on itself is very persuasive, and I went for it. After you use it for a while, it starts to sink in that this program is half-hearted. At first I thought it was just a matter of the user customizing Pages just like we've all had to do with Word, and when I couldn't fine tune the thing, I thought it was me. If it's Apple, it must be cool and intuitive and cutting edge, right? I went to the Apple site for the tutorial, and watched it until I realized that it was an infomercial. It was like that moment where Dorothy finds the Wizard of Oz behind the curtain. Apple is losing it.
I have come to some realizations about Apple since buying a new Mac, and one of these realizations is that Apple really doesn't have any use for low tech, working Joes and Josephines. Apple has it's eye on the horizon, and sees the world at it's feet as something to wipe off it's shoe. My new Mac is great, but the mouse that came with it has a cord about 6 inches long and the computer has very few ports. There are a few other features and inconveniences that say, either you go wireless on everything or we'll throw you a few obligatory non-wireless alternatives. iWork follows this philosophy. The word processing part of the program was obviously not conceived and executed by anybody who ever had to sit in a cubicle and crank out letters. Apple dashed off this program as a crumb to throw to those plebians who don't use email or Blackberries or iPhones to communicate. "OK, you programmers, give us a word processor, so we can get the real groovy stuff out to our target audience."
Microsoft Word is a work horse. Pages is a silly filly. I'm sure that the presentation-producing (Keynote) and the spreadsheet maker (Numbers) are way cool, but having a program that can be easily used to write a derned letter is beneath Apple.
Now I'm looking at Microsoft Office 2004 or some of those free word processing programs. The money I spent on iWork was wasted.
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