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What about Excel?
Darn it, I don't see a nice spreadsheet tool in that iWork yet, and that's going to remain my hangup. For $79 I may pick it up anyway, but I'm gnashing my teeth about an Excel clone.
What about Excel?
I figured I was the only one thinking the same thing, since I hadn't seen any other rants. I'd think the average consumer can make better use of a spreadsheet than a presentation tool. I wonder if Apple is planning to remedy that later, or if they just don't think their target market needs a spreadsheet? If I'm still stuck with Office to get a decent spreadsheet, why would I buy iWork?
What about Excel?
Ever hear of the free Openoffice clone for OS X? NeoOffice.
What about Excel?
Or how about just OpenOffice, since it's already been ported to OS X?
What about Excel?
Yes it has been ported to OS X, but not to the extent of NeoOffice. OpenOffice still requires X11 and does not run as a native app.
What about Excel?
Yeah, I've used NeoOffice (and a couple other freeware/open source sites). My real issues with them is that I'm picky about the interface (I like 90% of Mac's native stuff) and it's still in Beta. Also, I tried it once and had weird issues going between XP and OSX (it's not my fault! It's my work!) enough that I went back to MS Office.
What about Excel?
NeoOffice/J is a great freeware product. I switched around 10/2005 and haven't used MS Office since. Yes, the interface looks awful, but I'm happy to live with that in order to stop using expensive, buggy, MS bloatware. |
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