<div>I personally use OpenOffice without any problems. It still requires X-11 on the Mac to run, but otherwise works fine for all my document and presentation needs.<br> </div>
<div>I've been using it on WinXP, and Linux since before 1.0. I started using on my iBook since 2.0. My wife even swears by it now. She's been using it for all of her MBA coursework.</div>
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<div>Purportedly there is a group working on an OS X native version but it may be a while.</div>
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<div>Just my $0.02 worth on the subject</div>
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<div>BTW - OpenOffice allows you to open/save as a very wide range of file formats. I've only had a couple of issues with translation and they were minor issues with a presentation slide.</div>
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<div>The main reason we don't have any MS-Office products installed is price. In addition, as soon as my wife finishes her MBA all of our PC's save one will be running some form of Linux. Hence our lack of interest in Microsoft products.
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<div>Have a great weekend!</div>
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<div>Sky</div>
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<div>14" iBook G4, 1GHz, 640MB ram, combo drive</div>
<div>Assorted PC's built from spare parts - My favorite - Twinhead Pentium 100MHz laptop running LCARS24 on top of FreeDOS - $5 clock/alarm/timewaster (old DOS games)</div>