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<blockquote data-quote="StarManta" data-source="post: 20152"><p>Have you given TextEdit a fair chance? It doesn't have all the advanced features Word has, but it does have everything 80% of the population (myself included) needs: formatting, spell checking, etc etc. Plus, it saves its files by default in a much more compatible and smaller format (rtf) and consumes far less resources.</p><p></p><p>If you do need more out of your word processor, also give <a href="http://openoffice.org">openoffice</a> a shot - it's free and open-source. There's also a port of the Linux office suite <a href="http://ranger.befunk.com/blog/archives/000291.html">KOffice</a> on its way over here. I'm not aware of any commercial office suites besides MSOffice - perhaps Appleworks?</p><p></p><p>If you're still at the point of needing to buy Office, and happen to know someone in college (or are in college yourself) the educational discounts on office are pretty insane - Word, Excel, and Powerpoint cost me $8 at my school.</p><p></p><p>And indeed, I wouldn't worry about virii on a Mac. Norton has an antivirus available I think, but it's pretty worthless because there simply aren't any virii to protect against.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="StarManta, post: 20152"] Have you given TextEdit a fair chance? It doesn't have all the advanced features Word has, but it does have everything 80% of the population (myself included) needs: formatting, spell checking, etc etc. Plus, it saves its files by default in a much more compatible and smaller format (rtf) and consumes far less resources. If you do need more out of your word processor, also give <a href="http://openoffice.org">openoffice</a> a shot - it's free and open-source. There's also a port of the Linux office suite <a href="http://ranger.befunk.com/blog/archives/000291.html">KOffice</a> on its way over here. I'm not aware of any commercial office suites besides MSOffice - perhaps Appleworks? If you're still at the point of needing to buy Office, and happen to know someone in college (or are in college yourself) the educational discounts on office are pretty insane - Word, Excel, and Powerpoint cost me $8 at my school. And indeed, I wouldn't worry about virii on a Mac. Norton has an antivirus available I think, but it's pretty worthless because there simply aren't any virii to protect against. [/QUOTE]
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