Briefly: Amazon's witty discretion on iWork '07 and iLife '07
The largest internet retailer on Wednesday turned up listings for four yet-to-be-announced Apple software products. Those products were iLife '07 and iWork '07, each of which was available in two versions — a "Single User License" or a "Family Pack."
Apple, which attempts to keep a tight lid on even the most blatant of matters, appears to have disapproved.
As of Thursday evening, Amazon, rather amusingly, had renamed the four software listings to: Apple MacWorld 2007 Announcement #1, Apple MacWorld 2007 Announcement #2, Apple MacWorld 2007 Announcement #3, and Apple MacWorld 2007 Announcement #4.
Since introducing iLife at Macworld in 2003, Apple has used each consecutive Macworld to introduce new versions of the digital lifestyle suite, which includes iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, GarageBand and iWeb applications.
In 2005, Apple unveiled iWork, a similar suite of software that includes productivity applications Pages and Keynote.
Next week's Macworld Expo is expected to play out no differently, producing updates to both iLife and iWork while possibly tossing a new spreadsheet application into the latter as well.
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Hilarious! I love it.
Next week's Macworld Expo is expected to play out no differently...
I'm willing to bet Apple bundles iWork '07 and iLife '07 into Leoaprd. People will have no choice but to upgrade, and it will also be absolutely brilliant value. So Apple wins by getting everyone on the same platform, and the customers win, by getting the deal of the millennia!!
/I hope to God I right on this one, and I hope to God Steve didn't mislead us with that "complete package" statement, cause the way I see it, without both iLife '07 and iWork '07 included he has no right calling it the complete package!
You know, I've seen you and others make that claim about what 'the complete package' means, and I've never bought it. To me, it simply means 'we provide complete solutions for the user to choose from', not 'we provide ONE FREAKING BIG BOX WITH EVERYTHING IN IT'.
Maybe you're right, but I really doubt it. Try not to get your hopes up too high, 'k? Post-MWSF is bad enough in the emergency depression triage around here without tossing around words like 'mislead'.
cute.
4 Announcements?
It seems Amazon knows more then they were letting on...
Sebastian