iWork '05 CD vs iWork '05 DVD

**spitty27** · January 25th, 2005, 10:46 PM

I was on Apple's store for education online and noticed this. The DVD says Academic, but I'm not quite sure what's different about it. They are both priced at $49, only one's on a DVD and one's on a CD. If the two apps fit on a cd, why waste extra money on producing a DVD version. (I'd understand if they made a version for people who don't have DVD drives, but DVD drives still read CD-ROMs, so what's the deal here?)

iWork '05 Academic DVD
http://store.apple.com/1-800-780-500....12.1.0.1.17.0

iWork '05 CD
http://store.apple.com/1-800-780-500....12.1.2.1.17.0

Sorry if this has been mentioned before and I just overlooked it.

thanks
-spitty27

**adambyte** · January 26th, 2005, 02:28 AM

Huh. I got the DVD version. And I thought it's because, if I recall correctly, that the apps together are a little over 700 MB.

Anybody know if the CD version comes with two CDs or one? If one, is something missing?

**Arden** · January 26th, 2005, 03:19 AM

I would imagine the CD version is for people who can't read DVD's and the DVD version is for people who want both applications on one installer CD.

DVD drive required for install (CD version available separately)

**soulseek** · January 26th, 2005, 04:08 AM

its strange that they would use DVDs since there are 800mb CDs out in the market

maybe compatibility could be an issue!

**Arden** · January 26th, 2005, 04:11 AM

800 MB CD's are like an overclocked processor. They may be out there, but they're not a very good solution and don't always work. Plus, they're not standard.