macnn.com — Apple has removed a common security measure from its iWork '09 office suite, according to an official support document. Mirroring a decision taken with iLife, which is bundled with new Macs as well as sold separately, Apple has eliminated the need to enter a serial number when installing a retail copy of iWork '09. A number is still needed to...
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jackcrack7Jan 21, 2009
So that you wouldn't have to type in a serial? Next time, buy a $1000 PC and pay me $500 to enter the serial number for you. That would make both of us $500 richer.
7ajiJan 21, 2009
OMG! I can't believe that people find this to be amazing?? So you buy a PC from Apple, with Mac OSX from Apple, and iWork from Apple, but there is no need for entering a SN for it.....WOW, truly amazing!
lennyxJan 21, 2009
Yeah I'd like some serial-free Logic. I've got Logic 7 and and upgrade version of Logic 8. It's a pain in the ass having to enter serials for both of them whenever I have to reinstall it.
dragosshJan 21, 2009
What's actually amazing is that you can edit a .plist file and boom... no S/N needed. Do that on Windows.
angosturaJan 21, 2009
If you don't want Bootcamp, you have a few options. There's:Parallels - <a class="user" href="http://www.parallels.com/">http://www.parallels.com/</a>or VMWare - <a class="user" href="https://www.vmware.com/products/fusion/">https://www.vmware.com/products/fusion/</a>or VirtualBox - <a class="user" href="http://www.virtualbox.org/">http://www.virtualbox.org/</a> which is Free.I'm using Virtualbox to run the Windows 7 beta, and cannot see why Visual Studio wouldn't run. I'd make sure you had at least 2gigs of RAM tho'.
elranzerJan 21, 2009
Microsoft already has a stranglehold on Mac office suites with Office:Mac 2008 (and 2004), which in total only accounts for 3% of the market. I don't think they're afraid that less than 1% of 3% of computer users might switch to iWorks.
radanJan 21, 2009
Just to point out, the serial key that was needed on the previous versions of iWork was hardly used for copy protection anyway. The only reason for it existing was so that users could easily unlock the trial version that was included on some (all?) Macs. Apple has no need in trying to excessively protect most of their apps (except for the pro apps) since they know that to run them, you still have to buy a computer from them.
celotilJan 22, 2009
I know you're trolling, Frix, but I'll play along."I don't need customer service. I'm more than qualified to use my own PC."Good for you. I'm also more than qualified to build, maintain, repair, and upgrade my own PC. The conversation was about Apple hardware."The only thing I would ever have to do is RMA a product I would buy. Therefore, to me, apple computers are expensive paper weights."So, because you can't pull it apart and tinker with it, it's useless? You can't slap in any old video card, motherboard, sound card, or network card, so it's useless?I guess you'll never own a laptop then, any laptop, or at least not for very long."and why do you need that much laptop? You shouldn't be doing graphic design at f**king starbucks."With any computer the more power the machine has, the less you'll need to use, so there's less electricity used by that computer and less heat generated. Look at the latest CPU and GPU's on the market, capable of quite a lot yet also able to throttle themselves back so you never use more power than needed.Did anyone mention Starbucks? I didn't, but I will now. As I've said before, I've been to the three in Brisbane, but didn't stay long. The service was dead-eyed and almost hostile, so I never tried the coffee."and yes, you are stupid for not being a utilitarian with a notebook."Love your reading comprehension there, Frix. I said "not entirely utilitarian", which means, I mostly have my laptop for working on, but I like it to look nice as well.I'm not quite sure what you mean by "a utilitarian". Is it something to do with using the laptop to level an uneven table, or use that fine edge on the sloped PC laptops to wedge open a door to a draughty room? Perhaps you meant something to do with politics.Are you totally utilitarian with everything you own? Is your PC just a frame with all the components hanging in there on twisty-ties, or did you buy a case that looked appealing? Are all your clothes grey, with just trousers for winter, shorts for summer, t-shirts for all year round, and only one pair of sneakers living alone in the bottom of ... what am I saying, you're utilitarian, you're keeping your clothes folded neatly in the corner on the hardwood floor.Appearances count, Frix, no matter how much you don't want them to.
techclackOct 26, 2009
Excellent. More serials can found at <a class="user" href="http://serialnumber.in" rel="nofollow">http://serialnumber.in</a>