Mac "Word"

[Aces]

What's the best writing software for a mac? Preferably free, from my understanding there is already a version of word for mac.

[HotelUser]

I prefer Apple Pages, simply because for me it seems to open quicker.

Microsoft's Office 2008 for Mac is also quite good.

For something free there's always Open Office: http://www.openoffice.org/

[Recursion]

Apple Pages is better than Mac:Word
Macxcel is better than Apple Numbers.

I stuck with MS Word, I tried a trial of Apple Pages and I just hated it in comparison.

[N!ck]

MS Office for Mac is horrible. I boot camp and use the real office when I need to use it.

Open Office is probably a better alternative?

[Recursion]

MS Office for Mac is horrible. I boot camp and use the real office when I need to use it.

Open Office is probably a better alternative?

As nice as OSS is, OO.O is terrible!

You could run the PC version of MS Office using VMWare Fusion or something?

[HotelUser]

MS Office for Mac is horrible. I boot camp and use the real office when I need to use it.

Open Office is probably a better alternative?

That has got to be, one of the most silly ways of accomplishing a task I have ever seen

[Apolva]

I just use pages and numbers, MS office is slowwww.

[N!ck]

That has got to be, one of the most silly ways of accomplishing a task I have ever seen

No, the Mac version of office is one of the most silly ways of accomplishing an office task I have ever seen.

[HotelUser]

No, the Mac version of office is one of the most silly ways of accomplishing an office task I have ever seen.

You could use Apple Pages?

You could use vmware, virtualbox or parallels?

[N!ck]

You could use Apple Pages?

You could use vmware, virtualbox or parallels?

Windows 7 runs natively. Why wouldn't I if I have it?