Apple also launched new versions of its iLife (a "Best of Show" winner) and iWork software suites at Macworld. We were particularly taken by iWork '09's upgrades to the Keynote presentation application, demonstrated here by Apple's Marc Dubresson during the show. Apple has retooled popular, complex slide builds and transitions from the previous version of its PowerPoint alternative, making them push-of-a-button easy to create for users. What's more, a new iPhone app lets you use the smartphone as a remote control to manage a Keynote slide show (inset).
Apple's iWork '09 also includes the updated word-processing app Pages and the spreadsheet program Numbers. It's available now for $79 or with $30 knocked off that price when you purchase a new Mac. The software suite only runs on Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard), which Apple will bundle with iWork '09 and iLife '09 for $169 in its Mac Box Set due out by the end of the month.
