[friedkarma]

Originally Posted by nufan

hope you're not meaning me I was simply challenging his statement that iWorks is not ''business software''. I think he agrees that he was wrong, since in his follow up he then went on to refer to it as business software anyway :P

I refered to its as "business software" in the same vein as refering to Wii as a "video game console"...for casual users that don't much care about having the best at their disposal.

Originally Posted by IIJoshIII

AS A STUDENT

That's the key right there, friend. I learned on Macs and PC in college. Hell I even got training in ancient software like Lotus 123. Life's a little bit different when you do it as a job. No one hands you an assignment and tells you the steps like in a classroom. In the workplace they simply hand you an assignment and it's up to you to figure the best way to get results. Play with your little Mac at school, but if you intend to enter the business world as a career, pad your resume with some strong Office training. BTW, if it takes you more than 2 mouse clicks or keystrokes to do ANYTHING in Excel, you're not adequately trained and/or experienced. It's a lot easier and more powerful than iworks in skilled hands.

Originally Posted by rcourtman

Im sure you've never used it..

Flash and glitz.. hmm, what an old argument your using that really has no strength to it anymore.

Who the **** are you?

I think I covered my knowledge, training and experience as throughly as was necessary. Considering the hours I put in, if Apple's crap let me get my work done faster and more efficiently, I would use it.

If iworks is so wonderful, why does Apple pimp Office 2008 for Mac on their own friggin' website and commercials? Shouldn't marketing Office be left to MS and not Apple? Hmmmm......

Originally Posted by shane32Eire

We use Office in work, Im like Karma Ive messed about with iWorks and like most apple stuff, its for metrosexuals and people who think they're to good to use what 90% of offices use.

Exactly right. Some people will refuse to believe that other companies can do things better than Apple.