Hi milkeo,
Actually there are a few alternatives to M$Word in the Mac world. Apple have their own word processor, Pages. There are also interesting variations, such as minimalist apps like WriteRoom, or apps that help you organise your writing project such as Ulysses. A good all-round word processor is Nisus Writer. It will even open WordPerfect documents, but, is not so effective with WPGs.
I imagine, were Corel not to pursue a Mac WP, it would be in their interest to ensure that at least one Mac app, like Nisus, had a very high 'interoperability' with WP. Why would I use WP on my PC at work if it is a pain to work on that document on my Mac at home (or visa versa)?
Anyway, milkeo, don't let this issue stop you making the jump. I did it around 3 years ago, at computing has been a significantly more satisfying experience (once you learn to break your PC related ways and worries - and that, in my experience, involved quite a bit of unlearning).
Cheers,
Eric.
Heather, I have seen this same response from Corel posted more times than I can keep track of. Have you ever heard of paralysis through analysis?
WordPerfect X3 was the last update I purchased so that I could continue using WP on my old XP clunker. I was forced to use Windows Word at work so I am very familiar with it, and I HATE it. My main computer, for about six years now, has been an Apple MacBook. I do not care for their Pages application either. I have tried using the Parallels partition on my Mac but this too is an unsatisfactory solution for me. I have since removed it.
Anyway, I have patiently been waiting through each WP release to see an announcement of Mac OS X support, only to be continually disappointed each time.
I have been monitoring this subject on your web site, but there is never any encouraging posts from anyone with authority at Corel.
I would be first in line to purchase a Mac version of WP should it become available, and I can assure you that I will NOT upgrade to any newer release of the Windows version. You will lose a long time user of WP if you continue this analysis phase much longer.s.
Please, throw us some substantial bread crumb
Heather,
This past year I move from a PC to a MAC. If I had bought a MAC before I bought a PC I'd have never bought a PC. My only regret has been losing the full use of WordPerfect. I have used WP since the 1.1.0 version. I have always found the WP products to be superior to MS products. The one thing that WP has lacked over the years is marketing savvy. Years ago I thought that if WP had been given as a free demo version with every new PC or Lap top MS Word wouldn't be anywhere.
Please consider strongly not only getting WP on the MAC OSX platform but also giving people a free taste of this incredible program that is WordPerfect.
By the way I am switching all our office computers to MAC in this year, that means 10 new MACs that won't be able to use WP. I might keep one old PC around just for WP and convert the files to PDF for use on my MACs. Hope your product team moves on this before then.
Blessings! Cantanz
HeatherB: We appreciate your feedback on a WordPerfect Mac version. Through ongoing and direct interaction with our customers, we regularly gain valuable feedback that informs our long-term product vision and strategy. At this time Corel continues to investigate a Mac version of WordPerfect Office.
We appreciate your feedback on a WordPerfect Mac version. Through ongoing and direct interaction with our customers, we regularly gain valuable feedback that informs our long-term product vision and strategy. At this time Corel continues to investigate a Mac version of WordPerfect Office.
Hello Heather,
I was a longtime user of WPO until I changed from PC to Mac. I ran WPO X4 under Fusion with Windows XP, but this used a lot of resources, and frequently locked the computer. I tried to run WPO X5 under an emulator, with no success. I really want to get hold of WPO X6, but am hesitating at the expense of installing Windows 7 on my computer. I am disappointed that Corel has not, and seems not to be, doing more for those who have switched platforms.
WPO is, in my view, still the best Office suite. Why abandon the non-Windows platforms to everyone else?
Paul
Furthermore, I want to echo bringel's post in regard to the postings from Corel, basically neither committing to WPO for Mac, nor saying it will never happen. I have had the same experience. Loyal customers should not be treated like that. With all the analysis that must have been done by now, Corel should be able to state its position definitively: either WPO will be ported to other platforms, such as Mac OS X, or Linux, or it will not. Surely it is not more difficult than that?
I am a student where WordPerfect is best to use as a Word Processor due to the writing style I have to write in. There are other institutions that use this same writing style. WordPerfect is perfect for Turabian. I am sure I am asking on behalf of most institutions and its students to please come out with a Mac version of WordPerfect office. Please, please, please! 20 people may have posted on this thread, but I am sure there are 2,000,000 people who wish the same thing. It would help this company tremendously! Thanks and I hope to see it out soon! :)
So, what ever happened with this. The ONLY thing tying me to the PC is WordPerfect, and my resolve is waning. Thanks.
I've been a Word Perfect user since it came out. For word processing nothing beats Word Perfect. All most of us in this blog want is I think just a Mac version of Word Perfect and not the entire suite!
Same as you, I am also tied to this PC, because of WP! But there are limits to one's patience and understanding.
Thanks!
Add me to the list of loyal WordPerfect users who are moving to Apple computers and dying for a MAC version of WordPerfect. I can't stand Word. Is dual booting on a MAC and running WP under Windows a solution?
Very long time loyal WP user here as well, and very frustrated not to be able to use it in native Mac OSX.
I'm using VM Ware to launch it in Windows, and have for many years, but would greatly appreciate a Mac version.
This is a huge market, and I'm stumped as to why Corel has not migrated to a Mac platform - it is 2012 and there are thousands of us here waiting. PLEASE do it!
I'm embarrassed to be on a Forum like this, considering how little I know about computers---PC or mac and considering that I left the office community years ago. What I do know is that the first word processing I ever used, back when personal computers were basically being invented, was WordPerfect. Over the years, I learned it so well that I was virtually able to make it sing, and that was probably a primitive version of what's available now. Once I converted to iMac (years ago) and later had (now have) an OSX, WordPefect, in all its perfection, was lost to me---seemingly forever. Now my mac is obsolete and dying and I am faced with the absolute necessity of getting a new computer. I have researched it to death and am getting tired of thinking about it. PC?? mac??? I was trending toward mac because I was used to it (a loveless marriage) and I was afraid of the rumors about rampant viruses on PCs. Also, everyone but me seemed to agree that mac was wonderful. For myself, I never fell in love with mac and I hated---absolutely HATED---Word, which after ten years I never could really master. I didn't know what to do and was still researching, and then I came across something about WordPerfect, which I had thought was history, and learned that it is not only alive and kicking, but still (or again) has my favorite WP feature: "reveal codes."
I really, really want WordPerfect again. So here is my naive question to all you out there who are more conversant with the issues than I. Do I really need a mac? I use a computer only for email, searching the internet, watching videos occasionally and word processing (when I can stand a session with Word). There are so many features that I don't even touch unless I accidentally stumble. Am I unnecessarily fearful of viruses? Am I unwittingly buying into the love-fest with mac which may be perpetuated only by people who use computers for everything? Is a mac really all that great for someone like me? And is a PC really all that bad? I eagerly await some answers and some advice.
Hello MJay,
Given your needs as described, no, you do not need a Mac. And there are many good internet security programmes out there that are well able to fend off the army of nasties that are targeted at Windows users. Provided you keep your internet security, and the operating system up to date with the latest patches, you should not have problems. Also, we Mac users are not as immune to nasties as we once were, as malware writers are increasingly targeting this platform too.
So, although I am a Mac-lover, I say go ahead and get that PC, and enjoy using the world's best word processor (WordPerfect), on it. OR buy another Mac, and install Windows on it, via OSX Boot Camp or Parallels, Fusion, etc, and then install WordPerfect on it. My guess is the first option would be preferable for you.
I say this, having a Mac and still waiting for a WP release on this platform.
Best,
I agree with Paul (but I am not a MAC user). Now that Apple computers have about 6% of the personal computer market globally (according to an article in Forbes yesterday *) which is up from just a few percent a year or so ago, then you can expect them to become more of a target for virus creators.
Many Windows gurus recommend Microsoft's free Security Essentials as your antivirus program (and they often also recommend installing the paid version of Malwarebyte's Antimalware [$25, one time fee], which I have found will block "bad" sites that other such programs do not).
There soon will be several PC "ultrabooks" on the market, which should be nearly as thin and light as the MacBook Air. Cheaper, too..
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* http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottgamm/2012/06/18/apple-facebook-and-the-fountain-of-youth/
- Barry -Toolbox for WordPerfect Tips, macros, and more at http://wptoolbox.com
Thanks pwilliams and Barry: I had a hunch this would be the right place go for advice on my dilemma and you have both come through for me. I am going to take your advice and get the PC with the recommended security ware.
Hi, L. Like you, I was tied to my PC only because of WordPerfect. However, the time arrived not too long ago when I needed a new computer. If if I'd stayed with Windows, I would have had to learn to use Windows 8. I decided I would rather learn to use OS X, which turned out to be pretty darned easy. I thought about running Windows on the Mac, but decided to wait and see how I liked being in an all-Mac world. I downloaded a copy of NeoOffice onto my Mac and I can use it to open all of my WP documents. Although I cannot modify them and save them as WP documents, I can modify them and save the modified versions in other formats. I can hardly believe that after 25 years, I'm not using WordPerfect. However, I monitored this forum and a few others for a while and didn't see any sign of movement on Corel's part. If Corel ever makes a Mac version of WordPerfect, I will happily throw my money at them. Until then, I'll have to count myself as a former WordPerfect user.