Summary: This suite rounds out the fun of iLife '08 with the power needed to produce documents, presentations, and spreadsheets with the flare of Apple design. iWork '08 is not as powerful as Microsoft Office (not as costly either), but most users will be able to easily create documents and presentations with impressive results that will leave most Office users asking \"How did they do that?\"

True corporate users will still need to have the compatibility and depth of capability of the Microsoft Office suite, but for home and small business users this is an economical and powerful option the suits the rest of us.

Summary: Keynote alone would be worth the price, or at least Keynote and Pages. Until Numbers gets some additional features, just consider it a nice freebie that may cover many of your spreadsheet needs. All three apps are easy to use, although if you're used to MS Office apps you should expect a slight learning curve (though not nearly as long as for the Office apps themselves in my opinion). For the relatively low price, solid feature set, and excellent ease of use, most people won't be disappointed.

Summary: Keynote is widely regarded as the best presentation app out there - even better than powerpoint. Presentations in keynote are a joy to make, and look at. Apple has upgraded Pages app so that it better competes with MS Word. Newly introduced Numbers app is not an excel killer yet, but more than meets my needs for graduate classes.

The import and export functions work very well - so you can easily receive from and send files to Office users.

All in all, a solid productivity suite at a great price.