Why no upgrade prices for iWork / iLife 05 to 06?

[irg63]

I switched to Macs in 2003 because of OS X which I had been watching develop since it's earliest versions and which finally wowed me when it hit Jaguar - I am very happy with OS X and have bought a considerable amount of software for the platform, from both Mac and other software houses and don't mind spending money on software, but I find it incredibly irritating when the software I have purchased is upgraded and absolutely no concesion is made to those who have already purchesed earlier versions of that software and supported its development.

Any other views or comments on this?

[lurk]

Well, I think this kind of goes to the case that all macs come with OS X and some version of iLife. So really you have the case that everybody is upgrading so there is only an upgrade price. That doesn't work for iWork but hey that is for work right?

[irg63]

Originally Posted by lurk

Well, I think this kind of goes to the case that all macs come with OS X and some version of iLife. So really you have the case that everybody is upgrading so there is only an upgrade price. That doesn't work for iWork but hey that is for work right?

Not for work,... for study - but that is not the point they are really taking the mickey... as we say! And the version of iLife doesn't come with OS X as far as I'm aware - it certainly didn't come with my copy of Tiger... It comes with the machine I believe?... And iWork came with Tiger in the form of a 30 day trial.

I only bought iWork 05 8 months ago - it is simply not right that I should have to pay nearly £60 (60GBP) again for an upgrade to software that isn't even a year old.

[fryke]

Both iLife and iWork are very inexpensive for what they do. If they serve you well, you'll happily pay the price to upgrade to the newest version. If you think your current version is okay, you don't have to upgrade.

[Thank The Cheese]

Originally Posted by irg63

I only bought iWork 05 8 months ago - it is simply not right that I should have to pay nearly £60 (60GBP) again for an upgrade to software that isn't even a year old.

You don't have to do anything. There are a lot of people - for example - who still use Photoshop 6 or 7, because they haven't seen enough of an improvement in recent versions to justify upgrading.

And let's be honest, iWork '06 is pretty crap. I wouldn't expect anyone who aleady owns '05 to shell out £60 so they can do 3D graphs in Keynote (which is about the only new feature...ok, maybe a few more )

And iLife...well, in all my life I have never seen a package that is more value for money than iLife. It blows my mind they aren't charging hundreds of dollars for it.

It is frustrating to always *feel* like you're behind because they bring out new stuff so fast, but it's just a phychological thing. There was nothing wrong with your iLife/iWork yesterday, so there's no reason why you should feel any different today.

[Lt Major Burns]

i would upgrade iLife every 2-3 years. i'm using ilife 04. it's fine

[irg63]

It's good to hear your feedback, it's just that especially as a long term subscriber to 'dotmac' it I find it really annoys me that they have introduced new stuff to iWork / iLife which means that I have to pay more to be able to profit from their improvements to something I've paid through the nose for for three years now... So, in essence my being able to fully use something else that I've been paying for is affected by my willingness to pay the as new price for it even though I've already paid for it twice in less than a year and a half

[mdnky]

Originally Posted by irg63

I only bought iWork 05 8 months ago - it is simply not right that I should have to pay nearly £60 (60GBP) again for an upgrade to software that isn't even a year old.

I just got it Dec 4th of this year (36 days ago)...how do you think I feel? I'm sure someone else got it after me. That's the way the cards lie in the computer world.

It's not really that big of a deal to me. Things get updated all the time and some of those cost a whole lot more than $79 (or 45 GBP, 427 FRF, 128 DEM, 609 SEK, 9000 JPY, 837 MXN, 65 EUR, etc. [not counting fees, taxes, or other charges during conversion]).

If it's worth it to someone to upgrade, they will. If it's not, they won't. I think I'll be happy with the '05 version for a while...I really didn't see anything I "have to have" out of '06 just yet. As it is now, the only programs I use are iTunes (everyday), iPhoto (maybe once a week), and iMovie/iDvd (rarely). iWeb would probably never be used (that's what BBEdit is for, for me at least) and I think I've opened GarageBand once so far.