With the office stuff, the $79 for iWork was worth it to me, but probably the limit of what I would pay for such apps.
That's just the thing, I don't really want to pay anything for it, given the amount of use I'll get out of it. That's not Apple's fault, but if there's free software out there as an alternative, I'll use it.
I'm going to wait for OpenOffice to release its Mac version. Frankly, I got along fine for a few years without needing an office suite at all (and some of those were during college). I would just use whatever free word processor was popular at the time and call it a day. Lately for the very limited times I still need an office suite, OpenOffice is far more than I need.
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I was going to mention a third option, which was to find a friend or family member with a student email address, and spend $59 on Office 2007 Ultimate. Unfortunately that offer has ended. Shoot.
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