Comments on: Pages in Mirror are Closer than They Appear

By: alizz

alizz — Mon, 24 Jan 2005 20:26:08 +0000

*sigh* I want an iPod Shuffle. It’s made for me! I know it is. I only listen to music on random =p

Want to try out Pages too — it’d be so great for my parents coz they have difficulty using Word still^^;;

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 13 Jan 2005 21:21:39 +0000

I think this is becoming Apple’s “thing”. The production of applications that fit in between. Pages isn’t quite Word. It’s not quite InDesign. Pages is just enough more that 99% of folks using it will feel they can do everything they want with it.

This applies to many of Apple’s apps. Garageband does just enough and now just enough more to keep most folks satisfied that they don’t need to make some huge financial leap to the next level. Thig goes for all the iLife apps and the overall Apple philosophy these days it seems. OS X is just enough with just enough more.

By: julian

julian — Thu, 13 Jan 2005 21:10:02 +0000

Yeah, I didn’t even get into the price factor. I love InDesign and all, but after I’m out of school I no longer have a license for it. I’m not buying InDesign for hundreds of dollars! Pages is fantastically priced. When Keynote alone was $50 I considered it worth it–now for $10 more I’ll get student pricing of Keynote 2 *and* Pages. Crazy.

By: eliot

eliot — Thu, 13 Jan 2005 21:07:57 +0000

I’m excited about this development just for myself. I often to do two or three page layouts that are one-time deals. I know PageMaker quite well, but no longer have a valid license for it. Using Word is such a pain for these things, but I often have to resort to it because it is the only legal software I have. If I get too frustrated with Word, then I’ll use PowerPoint. My only other inexpensive option has seemed to be Microsoft Publisher. Not that great. So, as soon as I get my Mac Mini, I’ll be thrilled to use Pages for these types of layouts. /End Ramble.