<p>whats in this?? does it have word processing and everything else I need or do I need another program? also what is iWorks?? do i need that or is it really not neccessary?</p>
<p>AppleWorks is not that good...get Microsoft Office. The student edition shouldn't be that expensive.</p>
<p>AppleWorks is similar to Microsoft Office, in that you have a word processor, spreadsheet, etc. But it doesn't have very good compatibility with Office files; say you are given a file electronically, most likely it will be in MS Office format and will not open well in AppleWorks.</p>
<p>Microsoft Office for Mac is pretty cheap, and it will be compatible with any files created on the PC version of Office.</p>
<p>I tried to make it through my first semester using appleworks and only lasted a month. Office is cheap and it also comes with three licenses!</p>
<p>I use appleworks- I convert files from office to open but can be difficult to reverse and send files for people with windows office to open
( I also use mariner write)</p>
<p>Just get Microsoft Office for Mac 2004 sooooo much better than Appleworks. </p>
<p>-Word
-Entourage
-Powerpoint
-Excel</p>
<p>Also its more aesthetically pleasing :)</p>
<p>I would definitely suggest getting Office. As much as I hate to feed the monster, in some cases you just cant get around using Excel. I also have iWork, and i think keynote is better than powerpoint sometimes, and pages is a lot more intuitive than word, even though clearly most people know word better. I have both but more because i really dont like MS... ok long rant but basically the gyst is get the most basic license of Office, and if you haev the resources and feel like it you can get iWork and try it out.</p>
<p>Meh, I use OpenOffice.Org... It's good and it's free and open-source :)</p>
<p>how much would microsoft office cost for Mac?</p>
<p>hundred bucks</p>
<p>Do not buy Appleworks. It is horrible. MS Office will cost $250 for Macs, or $125 or so for the student edition.</p>
<p>whats microsoft entourage?????</p>
<p>I think I have it and still don't know what it is....hmm</p>
<p>If you dont need spell check</p>
<p>go with openoffice .org</p>
<p>entourage is a mail browser, that i think is a piece of crap, i use Mail, apple's version, works awesome</p>
<p>I have mail and Thunderbird and I have a widget that tells me when I have mail in my gmail account</p>
<p>Entourage is the Mac version of Outlook.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.marinersoftware.com/%5B/url%5D">http://www.marinersoftware.com/</a></p>
<p>multiple times better than Office</p>
<p>I have appleworks on my computer at home, but not the one I got for school. Went with Office instead.</p>
<p>gotta upgrade to Panther before I go back, it came in the mail yesterday =P</p>