Teacher, is it true ? intel Mac will not run Appleworks ?

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Teacher, is it true ? intel Mac will not run Appleworks ?

I read in MacRumos this :

" Another tidbits revealed to resellers, AppleWorks no longer comes with the iMac with no plans of a universal version. "

Is it true ????

WHAT A DISASTER !!!

I use AW with my 12" G4 pb, a WACOM bluetooth graphics tablet, and a projector every school day.

Paint and Draw documents in AW are my CHALKBOARD !

I write in all colors, draw lines of all kinds ( graphing equations ), shade
regions in tint and transparent brush modes ( graphing systems of inequalities in overlapping colors/patterns ) etc.

I drop QT newsclippings from TV that involve math in real life.

I play sound files in QT.

I play SnapzPro arithmetic procedures like long division as moving reminders.

APPLEWORKS IS ABSOLUTELY INDISPENSIBLE TO ME.

Even Office has nothing like it --- lousy paint pallets , tools etc.

Pages and Keynote can't do what AW does for real-time annotations,
text,

QUESTION : Does this mean I am shut out of the new machines if I want to use AppleWorks ???????

Any suggestions appreciated.

---gooddog

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Posted on Feb 3, 2006 1:23 AM

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Answer 1

Feb 3, 2006 1:48 AM in response to gooddog

I read in MacRumos this :

" Another tidbits revealed to resellers, AppleWorks
no longer comes with the iMac with no plans of a
universal version. "

Is it true ????

Yes, Apple are simply not providing any productivity software on the new iMacs, neither AppleWorks or iWork.

WHAT A DISASTER !!!

Why? You own a copy of AppleWorks. Just transfer to a new iMac if and when you get one.

I use AW with my 12" G4 pb, a WACOM bluetooth
graphics tablet, and a projector every school day.

QUESTION : Does this mean I am shut out of the new
machines if I want to use AppleWorks ?

No. It works on the new iMacs. It's just not bundled with them.

Dale

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Answer 2

gooddog Author

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Feb 3, 2006 4:24 AM in response to Dale Gillard

Ahhhh - thank goodness !!!

But if no universal code is provided --- how will it work on the intel chip ?
Will it use Rosetta ?

Does anyone out there have a pro-book with intel cpu
and runs AW via Rosetta ?

Does Rosetta run it smoothly/fast ? --- i.e., does writing on the projected screen lag behind the strokes on the WACOM tablet ?

---gooddog

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Answer 3

KOENIG Yvan

Level 8

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Feb 3, 2006 4:46 AM in response to gooddog

Hello

A detailed answer by Peggy DeLise is available in this thread:

<http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=314806&start=15&tstart=0>

It is available in the thread's page 2.

AppleWorks will certainly not be available as "universal code" because its successor is on the road under the name iWork.

Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE vendredi 3 février 2006 13:45:58)

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Answer 4

Sagesse

Level 5

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Feb 3, 2006 12:00 PM in response to gooddog

Does anyone out there have a pro-book with intel cpu and runs AW via Rosetta ?

No one has a MacBook (Intel laptop) yet unless it is a pre version and they have (I assume) signed a non-disclosure agreement. A few people have reported running AW under Rosetta on the Intel iMacs without trouble.

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