It's cheap, and it adds value across the entire array of Microsoft consumer services. Office 365 is one of the best Subscription deals on the market. It also adds Support and Premium Features to and OneDrive (especially, which adds a number of features not found in iCloud) - in addition to the Skype Minutes (YMMV). How much would that cost in the Apple ecosystem? Right. Office 365 gives you access to 1TB of OneDrive storage - and that's ignoring Office. The Web Apps are sluggish compared to Office Web Apps, and it just doesn't make sense to be stuck in browser tabs when you can use desktop applications that perform better without the back button, refresh and connection gotchas of a web app. If you use both Windows and macOS, then iWork is a practical non-option anyways.

I actually think iWork works better on Mobile than it does on the desktop, frankly, but there Office Mobile is just as good - IMHO - better when you factor in how much better Outlook, Excel and OneNote are than Apple Mail/Contacts/Calendar, Numbers, and Notes. Even Keynote isn't that good compared to PowerPoint, unless your needs are quite basic.Īpple is wise for targeting iWork at kindergarteners. The software is just incredibly incapable.

I tried to make that work, but it's not a viable solution.

IWork is terrible compared to Office, but you're free to stick with it if your needs are that incredibly basic.

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