That may be fine for some, but not in many situations. But compatibility is far from being perfect. ![]() ![]() Apple Pages and LibreOffice Writer can both open Microsoft Word files. And I can name at least two reasons, as others in this thread have already done. I have Microsoft 365 and I happily pay for it. I've had friends whose kids were going to college and asked about buying Office for their Macs and I said first check if the school offers it for free otherwise iWorks will probably work as the are likely only doing simple documents at best.Ĭlick to expand.If you do not see the need, then perhaps you do not need it. ![]() However, iWorks/LibreOffice are quite good if file interchangeability is not required. there is simply no comparable program that is 100% compatible at the file level. I get free minutes on Skype for calling each month.įor around $5 a month it is worth every penny. My iPad has the full versions of Office on the iPad vs the free ones. My FIL uses my subscription for Office on his PC as part of the family plan. So for me it's a no brainer.ġTB storage for up to 5 accounts I use mine to completely backup my Mac via ARQ so if I ever have a crash I can recover the valuable data from the cloud. when they format incorrectly, are missing fonts, etc. ![]() My clients are 95% Windows/Office users, so I need compatibility, I simply can't spend time messing with files sent from iWorks/LibreOffice/etc. As others have pointed out, it depends on your use case.
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