NPD Group (via TUAW) is reporting that Apple’s iWork productivity suite saw a 50% jump in sales over 2008 levels. The reason given for this drastic jump is the bundling of iWork along with iLife and Snow Leopard in the “Mac Box Sets” Apple recently introduced.
No unit numbers were given, but we can assume they aren’t insignificant. Another reason for the sales jump, is due to price. Compare iWork to say, Microsoft Office for Mac, and you’ve got an equally capable piece of software for significantly less money.
These sales numbers follow the recent discovery that Apple is looking into taking iWork to the cloud.
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