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iWork '06 - Nice improvements to Apple's 'suite'
Authored by: gklinger on Jan 16, '06 10:18:31AM

I purchased iWork 05 as a Christmas gift for my girlfriend. Two weeks later Apple releases iWork 06 and doesn't offer a free or even a paid upgrade. Yeah, I'm angry. I feel like I've been ripped off by Apple (again). Suggesting that buying iWork twice in two weeks is justified because the it only costs twice as much over two years is ludicrous and typical of Apple users/apologists.

No, this not the way a responsible company should treat its users.



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iWork '06 - Nice improvements to Apple's 'suite'
Authored by: cmurtaugh on Jan 16, '06 11:32:24AM

I dunno dude -- if you buy an '05 product in the last two weeks of 2005, I think you have to expect that it'd be updated pretty soon. iWork '05 is still a good and usable product.



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iWork '06 - Nice improvements to Apple's 'suite'
Authored by: pub3abn on Jan 16, '06 11:37:46AM

Can't you return it and buy the new version?



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iWork '06 - Nice improvements to Apple's 'suite'
Authored by: Vitalstatistix on Jan 16, '06 12:46:01PM

Pages had one particular bug: if a paragraph was justified, tabs would not work, they'd appear as spaces. Anyone know if this has been fixed?



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iWork '06 - Nice improvements to Apple's 'suite'
Authored by: wombat on Jan 16, '06 03:56:02PM

Yes, tabs in justified text now behave as expected.



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iWork '06 - Nice improvements to Apple's 'suite'
Authored by: CDubber on Jan 16, '06 02:01:56PM

Holy smokes, now I've heard it all. I can sympathize with those that bought G5 iMacs recently, as they were just refreshed in Oct. and few expected another update so soon.

But to buy an '05 application 2 weeks before '06, knowing full well (or should have known full well) that the '06 version would be announced, well, in January '06? And then to whine and moan that Apple is ripping you off?

Unbelievable.



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iWork '06 - Nice improvements to Apple's 'suite'
Authored by: rotarywing on Jan 16, '06 03:05:17PM

If the guy is a switcher he'd be used to things like "Office 2003", "VPC 2004","Flight Sim 2002 and 2004" or "Windows 2000" and maybe not realize that some companies actually update their software on a regular basis.

Let's give him the benefit of the doubt. ;-)



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Price vs. features
Authored by: tatilsever on Jan 16, '06 03:45:36PM

It still does not change the fact that Apple is asking for $80 for minor changes. Actually, other than the "tables with calculations" and "graphs", most of the others should have already been done in a well-designed suite anyways. Jobs did not even bother to demo it during his speech.

They have every right to price their product as they wish and I know Apple is a high margin company (in other words the luxury brand), but I still think this is a bit high.



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Price vs. features
Authored by: Han Solo on Jan 16, '06 07:31:41PM
Have you made an exhaustive comparison of the new features to the previous versions? Everything I've read that discusses specific details — and the little bit of playing around I just did in the local Apple Store — suggests the upgrades to iWork '06 are rather more extensive than most people are writing them off as. Of course, YMMV. (Not to say there isn't room for additional improvement, but then no app is perfect....)

Have you compared the price of iWork to the price of purchasing — or even upgrading — Word and PowerPoint? People complain that Apple doesn't offer an upgrade price: relative to a lot of other apps, it seems Apple just charges everyone an upgrade price...! (Does kinda make you wonder just what those "Software Coupons" are for, however....)

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iWork '06 - Nice improvements to Apple's 'suite'
Authored by: ascanio on Jan 16, '06 10:55:50PM

About G5 iMacs vs Intel iMacs (I know this is going a bit off-topic) I don't think there is any need to sympathize. I would never buy an Intel iMac: G5 is not bad at all (even stretching benchmarks, Core Duo is not that better), and almost all the software is going through Rosetta to be slower than on G5. Besides, Classic is not working any more (nor is VirtualPC, should you need it) and the next software versions will be Universal for a long time to go. So, where is the advantage?



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iWork '06 - Nice improvements to Apple's 'suite'
Authored by: allanmarcus on Jan 17, '06 12:30:53PM

I expect by this summer you will see Intel Mac Only programs for mac OS X. Possibly, sooner. These will be ports of various linux programs or Windows programs; one or two of which will be a Windows environment like CrossOver or Wine. My guess is that we'll start to see more and more Intel Only plug ins for PhotoShop, once PhotoShop MacTel ships.



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iWork '06 - Nice improvements to Apple's 'suite'
Authored by: jc_helary on Jan 18, '06 04:25:25AM

Never buy anything before a Mac event.
If you really want to buy stuff, check the rumor sites and get a feel of what is going to be updated.
Everybody knew that iWorks had huge probabilities of being upgraded this January...



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This risk of buying...
Authored by: juzzyp on Jan 20, '06 11:25:59AM

I am not sure I see the validity oif this argument. sure, you buy Adobe CS2 for $1200, you want an upgrade path, but I cannot see how buying iWork 05 in Dec 05 is any less risky than buying a software game like Madden 05 right before Madden 06 comes out.

You determine if you really need the new features, and if not, you enjoy the 05 game for what it is (it is exactly what it said on the package when you biught it), and then you replace it in 6 months with a (cheaper) 06 version, or wait till 07. Roundabout the same price as iWork to.

At least Apple lets you know there will be yearly updates. Try buying a Treo 650 one month before Treo 700 comes out. No upgrade path their either.

This seems a little like a storm in a teacup, and probably attached to our emotional response when we suddenly realize we dont have the latest and greatest?



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