
In a rare case of Apple frankness, the company has allowed a PR person to
make a statement to BusinessWeek about the recent Microsoft "Laptop Hunters" ad campaign. Don't read to fast, or you'll miss it:
"A PC is no bargain when it doesn't do what you want," Apple spokesman Bill Evans told BusinessWeek,
"The one thing that both Apple and Microsoft can agree on is that everyone thinks the Mac is cool. With its great designs and advanced software, nothing matches it at any price." That's it. Just thought you'd like to know.
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2005-07-23
iLife:
iPhoto - Picasa, free.
iMovie - Moviemaker, free.
Garageband - No idea what alternatives exist, probably some free, there is some for Linux and Windows (?) which cost quite a bit less than Reason and such, like around 100 dollar.
iWeb - May exist free alternatives, it's not really good. Frontpage?
iWork:
Pages - I guess the best choice would be OpenOffice but not exactly similar, free.
Numbers - I guess the best choice would be OpenOffice but not exactly similar, free.
Keynote - I guess the best choice would be OpenOffice but not exactly similar, free.
Openoffice probably works just fine for most people but it's more of an office copy than an iwork copy. iPhoto is quite crappy, imovie is very simple, iweb is also very limited and outputs crap. Garageband is the only titel which is supposed to actually be quite good, but that only helps if you do music and want to use it.