<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">On my G5, I run Office 2004 and of course Word. I also have Pages which is part of iWork and Mellel. On this MacBook, Office runs like a cow in mud so I looked for Universals. To my surprise Mellel and Pages are both Universal and I use either one or the other on it. Actually Mellel has more options than Pages although Pages has some features that can't be overlooked either.<DIV>So, to make a long email short, Pages and Mellel are both less than $100 and work very well. Too bad you don't subscribe to MacAddict as they reviewed 12 alternatives to Word and rated them all and included pricing information.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Tim<BR><DIV><DIV>On Jul 2, 2006, at 6:31 PM, <A href="mailto:ProbaleCause@aol.com">ProbaleCause@aol.com</A> wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><FONT face="arial,helvetica"><FONT color="#000000" face="Geneva" family="SANSSERIF" size="2">I have been using ClarisWorks even after upgrading to OS 10.3.9. I am thinking about going to a G5 and I was wondering what is the word processor of choice. I know Microsoft Word is out there and Nicus as well, but what is the optimum one?<BR> <BR> Bailey</FONT><FONT color="#000000" face="Geneva" family="SANSSERIF" size="2"></FONT></FONT><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">G4 mailing list</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="mailto:G4@listserver.themacintoshguy.com">G4@listserver.themacintoshguy.com</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g4">http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g4</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random stuff:</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN><A href="http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984">http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984</A></DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV>--</DIV><DIV>Tim Collier</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN> </DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>