[friedkarma]

Originally Posted by nufan

no offense but karma, wtf are you talking about ? iWorks is great i use Mac's exclusively at work and iWorks '08. How is it not business software ?

I have nothing against Windows, but iWorks is great

Like any Apple product it more about flash and glitz. I'm sure its just peachy for presentations and similar business considerations, but it lacks in the ability to gather, manipulate and report out data. Like a 360 gamer picks up a Wiimote out of curiosity, I've played around with Numbers and it has nothing on Excel. Excel has more tools to filter, make formulas and the Pivot Tables rock over Apple's equivalent. Does Iworks even offer something to counter Access? It doesn't even support OpenOffice I'm told. I'm not an expert on many things, but this is one area where I am. A big part of my job is building and analyzing reports and forecasting trends for a company with 1,800 employees, manufacturing facilities in 4 (soon to be 5) countries, partnerships in 3 others and who's products are used in nearly every country in the world. My company lives or dies with good sales and market data, which is why my abilities have gotten me 2 big promotions in the past 2.5 years. I'm not bragging, I'm just saying if want to know about HD tv's, ask Scott, if you want to grow a business on good decisions based on analysis and data, talk to me. Your company needs to load Office on your Macs.