I've just had another revelation today. Lately been sat doing rather laid out documents working in iWork and pages. I can export these to .doc and I can alo open .doc format in it without eny problem at all.

Iwork has pages (word processing and also good enough for minor desktop publishing and html) and Keynote (Apples competitor to Power Point) and rumor has it that the iWork 07 might include spread sheet. However, the templetes included in Pages all my invoices are now done in that. All my contracts, proposals etc are from now on done in pages. It has made my life so dang easy.

I am a proficient computer user. I'd say above average (ECDL trained and MCSE trained and Novell + the old Works). Run a web design and marketing company. Used to work for an ISP running Linux servers. There is no way I will ever go back to PC environment.

iWork is a fraction of the cost of Office and does everything I need it to do. If it wasn't for the fact that soe of my clients send me excel files I'd ditch office right away. However - if Apple do release the =7 version with spreadsheet and it is excel compatible Office will be wiped off my hard drive in a heart beat.

The other thing is that because I send all my invoices and contracts by e-mail I am by law obliged to send them in PDF format. Easy peasy. Just hit print and print to pdf and it's done.

Sure, they cost a bit more but when I was on PC laptops I used to have to get a new one every year just to keep up with technology and to get a better hard drive. My first Mac lasted me 3 years. I sold it on ebay and gave the guy my phone number if he'd ever have any problems with it. That's a ear ago and I haven't heard a word. I guess it's still running.

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