OT: Keep Internet Explorer or MS products?

[good-dog at northshore.net]

Folks;

Is there any reason to keep hold of Internet Explorer after using and 
loving Safari? I understand Safari's a beta, but so far it's much 
easier to use than Explorer.  I did find I couldn't access a secure 
site with Safari, but then I can use Netscape or OmniWeb until Apple 
gets it together with Safari.

As it stands, I only have Word 97 as a Microsoft product. It's not yet 
installed after I went over to OS X, so I haven't had a need for it. 
AppleWorks looks pretty tempting. I had it before, but the newer 
version might be better.  Any recommendations here?  I have Z-Write, a 
lovely word processing program created by a writer for writers.  I 
don't have the need for a super powerhouse word processing application. 
  From comments I've seen in the past, moving away from MS products is 
beneficial to your machines memory, among other things.

Your comments will be welcome.

Thanks.

Mark