I've been running Pages (part of iWork '06) on my Mac for a year. It's probably the best word processing program I've ever used in that it has everything I need to do what I want. Moreover, Mac runs OpenOffice natively and... plenty of other x apps... ...and Parallels for virtualization... Yes, I have XP Pro and CentOS running in a window on my Mac desktop. Yah, I'm turning into one of those freaky Mac people. If you have any questions, contact me offline. ; ) .randy -- http://spindomains.us/