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Originally Posted by friedkarma

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.



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.



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......



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

Good point Karma in almost all of my jobs i have had since college it was just about mandatory you had a working knowledge of MS Office Access, Word, Excell, Powerpoint and to a degree Publisher. And from my own experience as I am in process of changing jobs this is a must know especially in the buisness world and the criminal justice field which my degrees are in.