| Office for Mac is a great software package. I'm not sure about the new version on PC, but the Mac version looks and feels great and functions brilliantly. Personally I prefer using iWork because it just has that extra bit of Mac user-friendliness and it does export files as PC-friendly, but it's far easier to work in Office when you know you're going to upload something to the net or send it to someone on a PC.
And like everyone else has already said, don't bother with virus protection unless you're worried your friends might accidentally send you something which you'll then inadvertently send on to someone else. I've been using Macs for ten years and have never had a problem. |