There is no question here. I teach at UM and have used mac's forever -- and I would NEVER recommend you get iWork -- everything is done on Word, Excel, and Powerpoint, all distribution is done on those formats, and all submissions are done on that format. While iWork will open these files, it does not preserve the formatting when you open it -- this becomes particularly problematic when you open excel files. ALSO - Numbers formats information and cells differently from Excel - calculations will be wrong when you convert to Excel. And while Keynote makes for great presentations in class -- when it has to be submitted for my review, it HAS to be in Powerpoint, and that does not preserve any of the formatting and transitions from Keynote.
Pages 1 & 2 Email, Calendars Mail for Mac Contacts for Mac Calendar Speciality Classes Genealogy. Reunion 9.0 Skype for Mac Grand Macs Course Sequence January 2015 For beginner users to computers, we recommend the Intro to Mac #1-5 classes. For PC users moving to Macs, we recommend the Intro to Mac #3-5 classes.
IWork also does not save anything in.doc,.xml, or.ppt format -- you ave to save as iWork formats and then 'export' to change the format compatible. This is inconvenient and often forgotten. If you bring the wrong format document to class on a flashdrive for example, you won't be able to open it in class, or share it with peers without your own computer present. Do NOT get iWork for your class work. MS Office for mac has a deeply discounted Student/Home edition available, and your school probably has even cheaper packages available for you. There is no question here.
I teach at UM and have used mac's forever -- and I would NEVER recommend you get iWork -- everything is done on Word, Excel, and Powerpoint, all distribution is done on those formats, and all submissions are done on that format. While iWork will open these files, it does not preserve the formatting when you open it -- this becomes particularly problematic when you open excel files.
ALSO - Numbers formats information and cells differently from Excel - calculations will be wrong when you convert to Excel. And while Keynote makes for great presentations in class -- when it has to be submitted for my review, it HAS to be in Powerpoint, and that does not preserve any of the formatting and transitions from Keynote. IWork also does not save anything in.doc,.xml, or.ppt format -- you ave to save as iWork formats and then 'export' to change the format compatible. This is inconvenient and often forgotten. If you bring the wrong format document to class on a flashdrive for example, you won't be able to open it in class, or share it with peers without your own computer present. Do NOT get iWork for your class work.
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MS Office for mac has a deeply discounted Student/Home edition available, and your school probably has even cheaper packages available for you. I have no love for Office, but as a fellow student, I have to admit it's kind of a necessity. I do use iWork a fair bit - I kind of hate the latest version of Word, and for the types of spreadsheets I use regularly, Numbers is enough. That being said, I do open Office pretty regularly as well, and several of my professors require it and use it in such a way that iWork just doesn't cut it. Can you survive with iWork?
It really depends on your field, the tech-integration on your campus, and how Mac-friendly your school is. Probably for some of your classes, probably not for others. On the upside, many schools offer Office as a free download, or at a greatly reduced rate. (Example: All Indiana University students can download it for free or pay something like 8 bucks for the install disk.) Ask your IT department or bookstore. I have several Macs in my household and because I have a 13 yr old daughter with a MacBook, I purchased iWork.
I also own Mac Office which I upgraded to 2008 the week it came out. I thought that I could stop using MS Office for my work-related stuff, but after using iWork for a while, I went back to MS Office 2008.
The formatting conversion in iWork is not reliable. More importantly, If you work in the real world and have to share files with colleagues, Office rules, unfortunately.
It's just not worth the incompatibility hassles to use iWork instead of Office. Even my daughter has given up on iWork because of compatibility issues with her school which has only PC's available to students. This is going to change next year when she starts high school at a private Catholic school. This school uses Macs, but they still require MS Office. For a single user looking to get a nice work package affordably, I think that iWork is a great value and much nicer to use than Office.
But that's about it until iWork develops further into a real business package. BTW, if you are a student or have a student in your household, I suggest that you check out the steep software discounts for students at www.academicsuperstore.com. You can purchase the student version of MS Mac Office 2008 for $159, and it includes licenses for 3 computers! The student version is the same as the full retail version except that MS does not allow upgrades on the student version to the next generation of Office, whenever that becomes available. Other than that, it's the same product that you can spend $350 for a single-user license. Bud Message was edited by: budjames.
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