Thanks to everyone for their input. http://www.apple.com/iwork/trial/ does in fact send you to a trial page. I'll play with it for month. A few at work have also tried it and did not give it good ratings. Hard to believe coming from Apple.........
Greg On 8/13/07 11:05 PM, "Jerry Freeman" <x12 at insightbb.com> wrote: > numbers is a consumer 'home user' software. it's is not scriptable in > this version, nor comparable to true spreadsheet applications. > numbers will probably be fully functional in iwork 10, two years from > now :) > i use [1] mariner calc. > > as usual in iapps, the graphic capability of numbers exceed it's > functionality, and that's just fine for what it's supposed to be. i > will have a hands on review of iwork 08 in september access, and > Jonathan is having me up to demo iwork 08 for the september usergroup > meeting. best...jf > > [1] http://www.marinersoftware.com/sitepage.php?page=14 > > On Aug 13, 2007, at 9:36 PM, Greg Schoettmer wrote: > >> Well, I just finished watching Steve Jobs' introduction of the >> new >> iMac, iLife '08, iWork '08, etc. Everything was typically neat, >> cool, etc. >> The thing that really got my attention is the introduction of the >> new Apple >> spreadsheet, Numbers. Has anyone seen or tried a beta version of >> Numbers? I >> spend a lot of time on spreadsheets and an Apple product is usually >> first >> class. If it meets the Apple standard, and works with Pages and >> Keynote, it >> would be great. I'm also curious how it interfaces with iLife. >> Common, an MS functionality with Apple integration for $79.00? >> That's a >> no brainer..... >> >> >> Greg > > > _______________________________________________ > The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will > be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. > Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup >
