Apple's productivity suite for the Mac, iWork '08 includes three applications: Pages '08, Numbers '08, and Keynote '08
Powerful word processing and page layout with 140 Apple-designed templates with Pages
Effortlessly create stunning presentations, complete with Apple-designed themes, cinema-quality animations, and voiceover narration with Keynote
Create compelling spreadsheets for everything from family budgets and event planning to invoices and complex financial reports with Numbers
Import and export compatibility with Microsoft Office
Rating: - Very Fine Product
I am not a power user but I find that the parts of iWork that I've used so far are very good. Pages works well for letters and notes and when used with the Grab capture utility it is just right for making text slides for iPhoto slideshows. All the programs start and are ready to run in a blink on my new iMac 24". Opening documents from other programs has been easy.
iWork and iLife programs in general are great and work together very well. And knowing Apple, they will get better and better.
GET A MAC!
Rating: - Excellent Office Suite for Macs!
WOW! I was really, pleasantly surprised at how refined and well-executed this suite is. FAR more intuitive than Microsoft Office, with intuitive controls, excellent formatting, and very aesthetically pleasing results. I haven't tested the MS Office compatibility yet, but others are reporting decent compatibility. Plus, it is a Cocoa-based application suite (meaning it is very well integrated with OS X), and "feels" great to use.
Strongly recommended!
Rating: - Another Peach by Apple
It's Apple, it's awesome and it works....what more can I say. It is everything you would expect.
Rating: - What a lot for the money!
This is a real buy with so many complete programs included. I really enjoy using Keynote, Pages and Numbers. I think you will too.