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Mac Box Set

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

Mac Box Set




The Mac Box set includes Mac OS X v10.5.6 Leopard, the latest version of the world’s most powerful operating system, iLife ‘09, featuring the new iPhoto ‘09, iMovie ‘09, GarageBand ‘09, iWeb ‘09, and iDVD, iWork ‘09, Apple’s productivity suite for home and office including Pages ‘09, Numbers ‘09, and Keynote ‘09

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Like buying a new Mac!
I had a 2006 iMac running Tiger OS and iLife HD. I never really had the desire to upgrade my OS until I changed jobs and the company that I work for now is using Leopard. Time Machine is such a wonderful feature, and best of all, I was able to use it with my external USB drive. No additional drives to buy. Not only that, but after seeing the new features of iLife09, especially iWeb and iMovie, I knew I wanted that software package too. I was amazed to see that you could buy all three bundled for over 40% off the cost of all three! It’s just like I bought an all new iMac for a fraction of the price! Sounds like a infomercial, but it’s true. Installation was simple, and I’m loving the OS and new software. Truly a great deal for us with a computer a few years old, and wanting to breath new life into it.

5 Stars Deal of the year!
OS X Leopard, iLife 09, iWork 09 for $149? It is a very good deal.

I already own Leopard, planning on getting iWork 09 and iLife 09.

If you have more than one Mac at home, better still buy the Family pack of Mac Box Set for $199… you can install upto 5 systems. Who gives operating system and work suite and digital work suite for $199 and also for upto 5 computers …

5 Stars Fantastic deal.
I was about to upgrade my early 2006 iMac to iLife 09 and to Leopard early January, when I saw this coming out. Waited for its release and bought it from Amazon at a cheaper price and even got iWork 09 thrown in. It was a great deal and should be the last upgrade for this tired old iMac, which should give me another 2 to 3 years of use.

5 Stars Great package
This bundle’s price on Amazon is GREAT ! Get Leopard for the price of iwork + ilife .

The version of Leopard on the dvd was 10.5.6 - the latest at the time… which is great! I wanted to update my machine and did not want any problems… so I was happy to see it had the latest rev on the dvd ready to go.

5 Stars Great Apps at an even better price
I purchased the Mac Box Set, and definetly happy with my purchase. Not only do you get the most up-to-date version of Leopard (10.5.6), but iWork 09 and iPhoto 09, cheaper than you would by buying both separately.

Both are great. Love the faces feature in iPhoto and the compatability of iWork with Office documents.

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WordPerfect Office X3 Home and Student Edition

Thursday, February 12th, 2009

WordPerfect Office X3 Home and Student Edition




Corel WordPerfect Office X3 Home & Student Edition Version 2008 has all the tools you need to create great looking documents, spreadsheets and slide show presentations. This complete suite also includes WordPerfect Lightning Beta, a digital notebook that makes it easier than ever to collaborate with others and reuse information, ideas and images.

User Ratings and Reviews

4 Stars Reliable and Easy to Use
I have always preferred wordperfect and quatropro to excel and I think the latest versions are small improvements on the old versions but probably have options that are valuable to a more sophisticated user. I just like the logical simplicity of the products and their ease of use and the modest price.

1 Star Even customer support couldn’t make this work
I have used WordPerfect products for nearly 20 years without any problems whatsoever. I bought WordPerfect X3 Student and Home Edition and loaded it. When I tried to run it, I kept getting a message that said that the software was not install correctly (no explanation about how or why). I downloaded the appropriate service packs and patches, but it still wouldn’t work. Several calls to customer support–all of whom were VERY RUDE–and several hours later, I still have no functioning WordPerfect. More than help, I got lectures about how all phone support was fee based. They tried to help a little, but none of their suggestions worked. I have paid nearly a hundred dollars for a software package that doesn’t even start. Learn from my mistake.

4 Stars Most of it works
A fun new twist on the classic Mousetrap game, but the pile of teacups seems to not fall over unless you drop two balls at once. Kind of a bummer since that stops the chain reaction deal cold.

5 Stars Still the best word processor
I have a 23 year history of using Word Perfect, having purchased 4.1, 6.0, 6.1, 7.0, 8.0, 9 and 10. However, when I recently purchased a new computer for the family, the manufacturer did not offer a pre-loaded Word Perfect, so we began using a competitor’s word processing product; everyone in the family is well versed in using the competitor’s product, so it was not an issue of unfamiliarity; that being said, my kids begged for a Vista-friendly version of Word Perfect to replace the competitor’s product on our home computer. This version was a no-hassle, quick installation on a Windows Vista-based (name brand) computer with an Intel Core Duo processor and one gigabyte of RAM. It has worked seamlessly with older Word Perfect files and also a competitor’s files, though this version did not convert the competitor’s latest version files. The only minor quirk in the installation was that the program would not autorun from a DVD-ROM drive, but it loaded perfectly from a DVD+R recordable drive. Installation was fast, and the kids have effortlessly picked up using new features on the lastest version of their favorite word processor. To give you an example of why I like this product . . .so many of it’s operations are so EASY to use. Often I can do formatting changes in one click that the competitor’s product requires three or four steps to do. This remains a solid product, and works fine on our Intel based machine running Vista. New features enhance what was already a solid product. Thank goodness for Corel and WordPerfect.

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