Fortifying Magic Skills, What's the purpose? Options

[dogybab]

what is the purpose in fortifying your skills, especially magic skills? in my experience when magic skills are boosted by spells, enchantments, or even being a vampire, they don't seem to benefit you in any way other than being able to buy or create spells. Also you don't get any skill perks either in your other skills. what gives?

[Furious_George]

I loved my Saint - and she always came at my beck and call with my enchanted summoning ring! *sniff* I miss her!

Enchanted items were so uber in MW, you can't use them to cast impossible spells now. I've noticed that I CAN use a fortify magicka to cast a spell that costs more than my normal max of magicka points. I haven't tried to fortify a specific spell skill.....