We’ve been seeing very strong interest in iWork ’09 since it was released in January. Many people seem to be considering iWork ’09 over Microsoft Office. Both are great programs, and I recommend both. However, over the past year I’ve used Office two or three times, but use iWork daily. Numbers is fulfilling my Excel needs, Pages, my Word needs, and Keynote, my presentation needs.
iWork is normally $79.99 and the Home and Student version of Office is $149.99. While the Home and Student version of Office can legally be installed on up to three machines, the lower price (and powerful features) of iWork ’09 is probably helping to drive demand.
We wanted to remind everyone that, until April 20, there is a $30 mail-in rebate on iWork ’09 when purchased with any new Mac. This brings the final cost to $49.99 (and even less when purchased as part of one of our bundles).
You can read more and download the rebate by clicking here.
Here’s a bundle with iWork and an upgraded version of the most popular MacBook we’re selling: it’s an aluminum MacBook 2.0GHz 4GB RAM, 160GB hard drive, Incase Sleeve, iWork ’09 ($30 rebate on iWork ’09). We charge $1489.99 with free shipping and no sales tax on orders that ship out of Vermont. After the rebate, the final cost is $1459.99!