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| Apple iWork '08 Family Pack [OLD VERSION] | ![Apple iWork '08 Family Pack [OLD VERSION]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51RdeDRd6KL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | From: Apple
Category: Software
List Price: $99.00
Buy New: $66.99
You Save: $32.01 (32%)
New (9) Used (7) from $47.95
Avg. Customer Rating:  59 reviews
Sales Rank: 215
Format: Dvd-rom
Platforms: Mac Os X, Mac Os X Intel
Media: DVD-ROM
Edition: Family Pack
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 5.1 x 0.8
MPN: MB625Z/A
Model: MB625Z/A
UPC: 885909140459
EAN: 0885909140459
Release Date: August 11, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 Very good product, especially for the price August 18, 2007
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
Keynote is the star of this suite. I routinely use it to create presentations that people can't believe. I work in an all -Windows shop, but I'll bring my Mac to do presentations with Keynote because I want to make sure I do as good a presentation as is possible, and I always have people telling me that my presentation is the best they've seen and that their presentations never seem to look as good. (Then they complain that their department doesn't let them use Apples.)
Pages is a decent page layout and word processor program. I usually use MS Word, just from habit, but I'm slowly converting. Numbers is the newest and weakest part of the package, and it will need an upgrade before I use it. But the suite is easily worth $99, even if Keynote is the only product I use.
And I know that some people complain about not having an upgrade price from earlier versions, but for those people, my recommendation is just to treat the $99 price as an upgrade price; it's still cheaper than a lot of other applications' upgrades. (And when you sell your machine someday, you can legally include the older version on the machine.)
 I agree. Bought iWork 06 with Mac Pro and no upgrade? August 14, 2007
2 out of 54 found this review helpful
I have only one thing to say now to Steve Jobs: No upgrade? That seems totally out of character. I've had Macs since the 128K which practically came out of a gargage. I remember when system upgrades were sent out free. Sure this isn't the same world. And Apple is no longer poor--except now in spirit. To milk loyal customers this way is whacky. Steve, come back to your original spirit. When you're hardhard, that tough spirit will come back and the consequences are never good. Enough said! Steve, it's only money, cool it. Isn't that what you told Bill Gates?
 Spreadsheets redefined August 14, 2007
24 out of 28 found this review helpful
I didn't purchase this from Amazon, as I didn't want to wait that long. I went to an Apple Store instead.
This is an amazing product. Keynote, which is quite possibly the best application available on any platform has gotten even better. Pages finally added a much needed word processing mode, which means I can finally throw out Word.
The real shining jewel here, though, is Numbers. Numbers takes the concept of the spreadsheet and adds a sort of publishing spin to it. Instead of sheets of cells being the default paradigm, you have canvases with embedded blocks of cells, giving you amazing flexibility over the layout of the rest of the document.
Since many documents are more than just spreadsheets, this opens up a world of possibilities for documents that are heavy with tabular data but need flexible layout options.
The included templates give excellent examples of ways to use Numbers that should help you explore the possibilities.
That being said, I have found some things in regards to filtering and coloring items based on dates to be counterintuitive, and there are a couple of other minor quirks. But for a 1.0 product, Numbers is astounding.
I can't think of any way to improve on Pages and Keynote though. I'm giving the suite 4 stars because I can't give it 4 1/2. The next version of Numbers in another year or two should put this over the top. The price for a 5 user family pack is incredible. I bought it, even though there are only two users in our house. The price is significantly better than even two educational licenses.
Why no upgrade path? August 12, 2007
7 out of 104 found this review helpful
Having just purchased iWork 06 a couple of months ago, I'm disappointed that I'm being asked for another $99 to upgrade to iWork 08, even though I've already purchased much of its functionality in Version "06". I'm surprised and saddened that Apple is showing Microsoft-like greed in not allowing people who just purchased the previous version a discount on Version "08".
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