iWork '11 may wait for the Mac App Store

Aside from disagreeing about Numbers --I am very enthusiastic about it as it is, I'd like to point out that at $20 a piece AND if it allows multiple macs from a single purchase, this is a far, far better deal than the family pack!

How would this work for enterprise customers?

Personally I'm really excited about app store, very excited actually. It should result in good things for both the Mac and the developers.

As to iWork I seldom use any of the apps and frankly find Numbers to be very difficult. Numbers is in need of a major overhaul, top to bottom, to deliver a a spread sheet program that supports a far wider range of users. Beyond that the user interaction with the spread sheet itself is very strangely designed. I actually find entering in formulas and such trying.

As to Pages well honestly I don't use it a lot but have had good experiences with it. Keynote is again something I don't produce a lot in but it is great for viewing Powerpoint presentations.

The thing is if these do go to the Mac App store I would likely download and update all of them. The thing is your only other alternative is something from Open Office when you need to deal with the occasional "office" file that comes your way.

But will upgrading individual iLife Apps still allow them to work with older versions. For instance if you upgrade iPhoto but not iMovie will they still operate together, can you pull iPhoto movies into iMovie? Will an old version of iDVD still work with the new version of iPhoto?

I have iWork 08 and was recently going to upgrade. When I saw the Mac app store was coming out I decided to wait too. I only want Pages as I never use the other two apps. Also waiting for the app store to upgrade iPhoto. I don't use any other apps from iLife and don't want to pay for them (well maybe iMovie).