If you're going to compare it to Office do a bit more research.
-Upgrading from iWork 05, to 06, to 07, to 08, to 09 would have been more expensive than upgrading Office 2004 to Office 2008.
-Many people upgraded Office for around $30 (Thirty "freaking dollars") thanks to Microsoft's offers and rebates. In addition, they gave the buyer the choice of Office version they wanted; Student, Special Media, or Regular edition. IIRC, the Home/Student version included 3 licenses.
-These upgrades were available for the Student version. I went from the Student version to the Special Media Edition.
-iWork offered less than Office, both in terms of quality and quantity. Keynote is the exception. It was pretty good from the start and has gotten better with each release. I have not used iWork 2009. Hopefully by now it is a serious alternative.
-Visiting Amazon, without doing an Internet search for the best deals, the minimum you mention of $130 "freaking dollars" for Office 2008 (Student) is inaccurate. Amazon still has it for $110 ($109.99).
-The Special Media Edition costs $158.49. Much less than the $200 "freaking dollars" upgrade you mention, and without being an upgrade. Buy.com has the same version for $187. Again less than $200.
Not to get into a Mac vs. Microsoft debate, but not everything Apple does is great, and not everything Microsoft does is awful.
For a new buyer $79 "freaking dollars" is reasonable, especially since iWork has matured and bugs have been fixed, but people with previous versions may feel differently.
YMMV.
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If you're going to compare it to Office do a bit more research.-Upgrading from iWork 05, to 06, to 07, to 08, to 09 would have been more expensive than upgrading Office 2004 to Office 2008.
-Many people upgraded Office for around $30 (Thirty "freaking dollars") thanks to Microsoft's offers and rebates. In addition, they gave the buyer the choice of Office version they wanted; Student, Special Media, or Regular edition. IIRC, the Home/Student version included 3 licenses.
-These upgrades were available for the Student version. I went from the Student version to the Special Media Edition.
-iWork offered less than Office, both in terms of quality and quantity. Keynote is the exception. It was pretty good from the start and has gotten better with each release. I have not used iWork 2009. Hopefully by now it is a serious alternative.
-Visiting Amazon, without doing an Internet search for the best deals, the minimum you mention of $130 "freaking dollars" for Office 2008 (Student) is inaccurate. Amazon still has it for $110 ($109.99).
-The Special Media Edition costs $158.49. Much less than the $200 "freaking dollars" upgrade you mention, and without being an upgrade. Buy.com has the same version for $187. Again less than $200.
Not to get into a Mac vs. Microsoft debate, but not everything Apple does is great, and not everything Microsoft does is awful.
For a new buyer $79 "freaking dollars" is reasonable, especially since iWork has matured and bugs have been fixed, but people with previous versions may feel differently.
YMMV.
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